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An American Encounter with Korean Nuns
Step onto the grounds of Un Mun Sah--the largest and most prestigious Buddhist training monastery for women in Korea--and you step into a world utterly distinct from the hustle of Seoul’s shops and sidewalks. Nestled in the eastern mountains, Un Mun Sah f
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26 Feb 2007 |
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[The Day We Go to Temple] 10. Buddhist Customs on …
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03 Nov 2016 |
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Lithuanian Monk, Venerable Bo Haeng
In 1991, he met Seon master Seung Sahn, the man that would change his life.
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04 Dec 2009 |
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Branches Snapping in the Snow
The following is one short essay from the recently published anthology of 65 early works, compiled and translated from the late Ven. Beopjeong’s first twenty years of writing, 1965-1985. "The Sound of Water, the Sound of Wind" was published on Feb. 1, 201
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Bongjeongam Temple in Seolaksan Mountain: Seen By …
Bongjeongam Temple in Seolaksan Mountain: Seen By Foreign Visitors
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15 Jul 2011 |
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[The Day We Go to Temple] 02. Seongdo Jaeil, the E…
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04 Mar 2016 |
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The Titmouse’s Nest
Some days ago, listening to the "ttok, ttok, ttok" sound from outside my window, I found myself as if lost in a trance. On the way out to water the tree I had been tending, I finally became aware of what had been making that noise. I saw a titmo
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[The Day We Go to Temple] 03. Korean Traditional B…
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07 Jul 2016 |
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10 Virtues of Vegetarianism
10 Virtues of Vegetarianism
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17 Jul 2008 |
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The Buddha, the first patriarch of the Seon School
One of the first great challenges for Seon historians that the new Seon School faced when it was first introduced was how to put the Buddha into the hall. The writers of the Records of the Transmission of the Lamp wrestled long and hard with this problem.
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23 Mar 2006 |
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[Review] Swampland Flowers
A new edition of Swampland Flowers makes available again in English the teaching of Master Dahui, a great Chinese Chan master of the 12th century. Master Dahui (1088-1163) initiated the way the hwadu (C. huat’ou) is used today.
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31 Oct 2006 |
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Only This; That Is All.
The following is a part of Dharma talks exchanged between the late Supreme Patriarch Seoam and his disciples, collected in the book "Sound without Sound" compiled by the disciples.
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30 Aug 2006 |
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The Seon and Doctrinal Schools as Represented by M…
The Mahkasyapa and Ananda that we know and recognize today reflect the values of the Seon schools that emerged much later, and are therefore different from the two who lived at the time of the Buddha. In fact, the current depictions of many people who app
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30 May 2006 |
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"Let’s take the real one, even if it is only 1 cen…
The whole world, our global village, is in chaos these days with racial and religious tensions as well as disasters killing hundreds of thousands of people. Peace and love are slowly fading away while conflict and confrontation are increasing. Living in s
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31 Mar 2006 |
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Alive and . . . well . . .
What’s been most comfortable and consistent in my relationship with Korean Buddhism is the general openness that welcomes my presence as a foreign layperson at temples across the country. The achim yebul (morning service) in particular was once a frighten
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11 Sep 2007 |
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