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Without Possession
We accumulate things because we need them, but sometimes our things cause us great aggravation. Thus, to possess something can mean to be possessed by that thing. When the things we accumulated through need have actually bound our freedom, we can say that
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Let us Rejoice even in the Smallest Merit
Let us Rejoice even in the Smallest Merit
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04 Mar 2011 |
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Bhiksuni’s Role & Responsibility for the Future of…
This year, 2006, is the 2550th anniversary since the Buddha’s birth. This means that Bhiksuni’s history has been nearly 2500 years.
Many Bhiksunis are greatly respected today even though having arisen from a male-dominated and difficult environment.
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Joyful Life: Renouncing Each Day
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03 Aug 2015 |
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The Offering Remarks on the Buddha’s Birthday
Written by the Ven. Dobum Sunim, the President of the Sangha Association of Korean American Sangha in East Coast
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01 Jun 2006 |
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Two Kinds of Homesickness
One thousand or so years ago, a monk of the Silla dynasty named Hyecho made an amazing journey to what were then called the “Five Kingdoms of India.” Venturing west from China, Hyecho meandered on foot first through the pilgrimage sites of Buddhism and th
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The answers hidden by time
Throughout our lives, we often reflect on scenes of times past. Every time the waves of some vaguely happy or sad memories brush up against our mind, we either try to burst out in laughter or become immersed in questioning why. What we don’t know at such
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04 Dec 2006 |
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Standing Under a Tree
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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21 Jan 2011 |
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Three Seon trainings
Ethics, Meditation and Wisdom
Master Kusan of Songgwangsa used to say in his Seon talks that it was essential for Seon students to train in ethics, meditation and wisdom. These were the basis for any Seon practice. Most importantly they had to be pr
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03 Dec 2009 |
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Buddhist Center Serves Free Lunch
Wongaksa
Buddhist
Center
Serves Lunch for the Elderly around
Pagoda
Park
There is no one at home. The wife passed away a few years back. The children are grown. They don’t call much. The old man is alone. Where does he go? Without a
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21 Dec 2008 |
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Ulyeok: Work Practice
Korean temple’s work practice is from this tradition of Chan (Seon or Zen) Buddhism. In the warmer Theravadan countries resolved the eating problem by making alms rounds. When this tradition came to the colder northern countries, the self-sufficient farmi
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06 May 2010 |
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[The Day We Go to Temple] 07. Korean Traditional B…
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03 Nov 2016 |
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Irrepressible Stories of the Nuns of Mount Jiri
Korean Sweet Pancake and Chrysanthemums Flowers
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16 Sep 2011 |
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<NEW> Let Your Space Be Filled with Compassi…
2:40 a.m., Without fail, the temple begins the day with the sound of Ven. Hyenhyen’s moktak (wooden fish). Use of an alarm clock is prohibited and we must depend on the “clock of our awakened mind” to begin our day...
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01 Dec 2011 |
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Leaving Home
All of those who have experienced life as foreigners here in Korea have gotten used to a certain level of inquisitiveness from people on the street. Some of the most common questions asked are, of course, “Where are you from?”, or “Do you like Korean fo
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