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"Where does mind come from?" Quote by Zen Master Seung Sahn. #zen #mind #sutras #meditation #zmseungsahn #kwanumzen
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Here is a cup of orange juice. If you have "cup," then you can keep this orange juice here. But if this cup breaks, how can the orange juice remain? You cannot keep the juice there, yah? Suffering is the same as that. Where does suffering a
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“Be careful, wherever you live, that no one is trying to erase you, your history, your pain or your trauma. Because that pain and that trauma is still alive in you. It cannot be erased. It’s in the body. It’s not on a piece of paper
"Zen meditation means asking the question 'What am I'..." Quote by Zen Master Bon Soeng. #zen #meditation #whatami #dontknow #observing #moment #now #kwanumzen
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Correct function of Buddha nature is not simply a matter of “Oh, I’ve got it.” Then what do you do moment to moment? This practice is about how we live our lives moment to moment, no matter what the situation is. If you are complete

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