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International Website Resources
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Event Calendar: 2025-2028
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"Buddha is really not special." Quote by Zen Master Seung Sahn. #zen #buddha #buddhism #trueself #attainment #zmseungsahn #kwanumzen
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Join Kwan Um Zen Americas for Buddha’s Enlightenment Day at Providence Zen Center and on Zoom! We’ll have Buddha’s Enlightenment Ceremony and an Inka Ceremony in the morning, and a lunch celebration and a Precepts Ceremony in the af
"That's Zen: Each moment is complete." Quote by Zen Master Bon Yeon. #zen #moment #complete #karma #bodhisattva #kwanumzen
How Only Don't Know Gives Us the Diamond Sutra & How the Diamond Sutra Gives Us Only Don't Know with Tim Colohan JDPSN "This diamond sparkles more than a drag queen's winning tiara! It's blinding!" In our upcoming class, we'll dive int
Just seeing your karma is not enough. We say in our school, first, you perceive that you have some heavy karma. For example, you have some habit that makes you run to the kitchen at midnight and eat another meal. When you should be practicing more, o
Featured Teacher: Zen Master Jok Um “Find simple everyday tasks and make them your practice as well. That cultivates a mind habit of continuous practice. At the moment of attentive engagement, there is nothing to fight. There is not a thing to
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