{"id":11284,"date":"2023-05-18T16:07:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T07:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musangsa.org\/international\/?p=11284"},"modified":"2025-08-30T15:36:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T06:36:19","slug":"why-we-sit-by-zen-master-seung-sahn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/musangsa.org\/en\/why-we-sit-by-zen-master-seung-sahn\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We Sit by Zen Master Seung Sahn"},"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: 14pt;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11286 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/musangsa.org\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/international-why-we-sit-by-zen-master-seung-sahn-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><b>Why We Sit<\/b><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>by Zen Master Seung Sahn <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Traditionally, in China and Korea, only monks did Zen practice. But Zen has come to the West and here lay people practice Zen besides monks and nuns. This has changed the character of Zen. Now our teaching is about Zen in everyday life. Sitting Zen all the time is not possible for lay people. Everyday life Zen means learning mind-sitting. Mind-sitting means not-moving mind. How do you keep not-moving mind? Put down your opinion, condition and situation moment-to-moment. When you are doing something, just do it. This is everyday Zen. 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