Accepting Your Life
Aug 11, 2022
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You have to accept your life. Accept does not mean "like", accept does not mean it's a good idea or a good thing. Accept means that's the truth. One of the important things that the Buddha talked about was that what we perceive and what we think is not necessarily the truth. Because the truth...
Everything is Changing
Aug 04, 2022
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Everything is always changing. That’s the truth of our human world. The earth is spinning on its axis. That moves the wind, that moves time, that moves space and it creates change. We either like what we have and don’t want to lose it so we fight the change. Or we think our life...
The Ten Thousand Samadhis Are Not Necessary
Apr 02, 2021
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Deep pine tree valley:
Sitting quietly,
The moon was bright last night.
The ten thousand samadhis are not necessary.
When thirsty, drink.
When tired, sleep
By Zen Master Hahn Am
Clear View
Aug 28, 2020
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If we have some idea of what we are or who we are, we usually have some view of the world. It may be a religious view, political view, a man or woman view, monastic or layperson, even a Zen view. All of these views have their place, but if we are attached to any view, we can no longer see the...
Wisdom, Love, and Compassion
Jun 19, 2020
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A little over 2500 years ago, the Buddha realized his enlightenment. Since that time, Buddhism has spread all over the world. There are now many styles of Buddhism across the globe. There is Theravada Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism, Vajrayana Buddhism, Tantric Buddhism, Zen Buddhism. Then there is...