{"id":11130,"date":"2022-12-19T16:00:14","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T07:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musangsa.org\/international\/?p=11130"},"modified":"2025-08-30T15:37:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T06:37:35","slug":"how-are-brightness-and-darkness-not-separate-from-one-and-other-by-zen-master-dae-bong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/musangsa.org\/en\/how-are-brightness-and-darkness-not-separate-from-one-and-other-by-zen-master-dae-bong\/","title":{"rendered":"How are brightness and darkness not separate from one and other?  by Zen Master Dae Bong"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11131 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/musangsa.org\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/12\/international-the-heart-of-our-practice-by-zen-master-dae-bong-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black; background: white;\">How are brightness and darkness not separate from one and other? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black; background: white;\">By Zen Master Dae Bong Sunim<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black; background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black; background: white;\">Q: The 11th patriarch of Zen in India said: \u201cdelusion and enlightened is like hidden and revealed, brightness and darkness are not separate from one another. So how are brightness and darkness not separate from one and other?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black; background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black; background: white;\">Zen Master Dae Bong Sunim\u2019s answer.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black; background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">If you make light, you have dark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black; background: white;\">If you make dark, you have light.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black; background: white;\">If you HIT!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">No dark, No light.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Then you are not hindered by dark or light.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">If dark comes, use dark to help others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">If light comes, use light to help others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCugUu0MJf2FbDRwsePhqJOA\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9699 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/musangsa.org\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/10\/international-server0343.jsoon81.gethompy.com-youtube-logo-300x124.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"124\" \/><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] How are brightness and darkness not separate from one and other? 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