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Benefits of Meditation
We start to meditate because of individual circumstances and choices. However soon we find that two kinds of goals and aspirations inspire us to persevere on the meditative path. The first goal seems to be a short-term one. This is the aspiration to
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Hyangcheonsa Temple
Hyangcheonsa Temple on Geumosan Mountain was founded in the Baekjae period by Ven. Uigak. This has been a place of practice for many great monks throughout the ages, having over 40 buildings at one point. However, through fires and the passage of time, th
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26 Nov 2009 |
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[Poem] War and God?
War is killing, And some people pray to God to win a war, Declare war in the name of God.
That’s sacrilege and nonsense.No God helps people kill People.If there really is such an evil God,He deserves to be called th Devil,Devil-God.
God is your mind,Not
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18 Jul 2006 |
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Benjamin Bell: U.S. Buddhist in Seoul
Benjamin Bell: U.S. Buddhist in Seoul
When Benjamin V. Bell tells people he is a Buddhist, the reaction from most is: "Pure surprise, and usually laughter and smiles, because we literally are all one in the universe (and) they know that.
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21 Jan 2009 |
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[Book Review] Zen and Psychotherapy
In Zen and Psychotherapy, Christopher Mruk, A professor of clinical psychology, and Joan Hartzell, a psychiatric nurse and practitioner of Zen for many years, explore how Buddhist and Zen ideas could help in the healing of mental health patients.
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02 Aug 2006 |
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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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25 Jan 2011 |
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Dharma sermon on the closing of the winter retreat
A man once asked Chan Master Fengxue Yanzhao, “If you speak, you become ‘function’, if you don’t speak, you become ‘essence’. What must I do in order to be freed from both essence and function?” The Chan Master replied, “I always think of the March scener
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27 Feb 2006 |
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New Year’s Dharma Talk for B.E. 2550
This morning the sky brightens up the light of Buddhism, and the worlds in all directions are in harmony with history.
In every home the virtues of heaven and earth are heaped up, and the whole world is filled with the sun of insight.
As the mountains a
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19 Jan 2006 |
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Feeling the Path of Seon Masters
“Shout and Hit” are two methods used by masters to encourage practitioners in their practice. They also help to identify the stage reached in meditation beyond words. Sometimes masters strike practitioners in order to break their ignorance.
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21 Feb 2006 |
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Invitation to Seon
To begin with, I would like to express my warm welcome to everyone visiting this international site of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. Since Seon meditation was adopted in East Asian countries such as China, Japan and Korea, it has claimed an importan
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07 Feb 2006 |
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The Living Buddha
Did you have a good New Year’s celebration? Another year disappears from the time given to us. A day goes by, a month, a year, and in the end, what are we left to meet? With nothing to do, buried in our daily life, if we let time pass away bit by bit, one
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25 Nov 2005 |
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Poem of CheongHwa Sunim
Poem of CheongHwa Sunim
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03 Apr 2009 |
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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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[The Day We Go to Temple] 07. Korean Traditional B…
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03 Nov 2016 |
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