{"id":11581,"date":"2023-11-01T11:29:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T02:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musangsa.org\/international\/?p=11581"},"modified":"2025-08-30T15:34:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T06:34:33","slug":"how-we-practice-with-our-suffering-by-zen-master-dae-kwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/musangsa.org\/en\/how-we-practice-with-our-suffering-by-zen-master-dae-kwan\/","title":{"rendered":"How we practice with our suffering? by Zen Master Dae Kwan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11554 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/musangsa.org\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/11\/international-true-dharma-is-no-dharma-by-zen-master-seung-sahn-1-4-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In what way can we practice with our suffering?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong> by Zen Master Dae Kwan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Zen Master Dae Kwan:\u00a0 You have to ask \u201chow am I going to end this suffering?\u201d\u00a0 This question is very important. \u00a0 If someone tells you what to do (about your suffering) it doesn\u2019t work. \u00a0 (The answer) it has to come from your guts. \u00a0 Like for instance (you say) this suffering I got, what is this, what am I, what shall I do?\u00a0 You have to ask these questions. \u00a0 Just wanting to end the suffering cannot help you. \u00a0 These questions bring you back to your before-thinking.\u00a0 This before-thinking can give you an answer.\u00a0 We call it don\u2019t know.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@musangsa9132\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9699 aligncenter\" 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><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In what way can we practice with our suffering? 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