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\u201cZen is very simple\u2026 What are You?\u201d<\/b><\/h2>\n

Zen Master Seung Sahn<\/b><\/p>\n

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In this whole world everyone searches for happiness outside, but nobody understands their true self inside.<\/p>\n

Everybody says, “I” — “I want this, I am like that…” But nobody understands this “I.”
\nBefore you were born, where did your I come from? When you die, where will your I go? If you sincerely ask, “what am I?” sooner or later you will run into a wall where all thinking is cut off.<\/p>\n

We call this “don’t know.”<\/p>\n

Zen is keeping this “don’t know” mind always and everywhere.<\/p>\n

When walking, standing, sitting, lying down, speaking, being silent, moving, being still. At all times, in all places, without interruption — what is this? One mind is infinite kalpas.<\/i><\/p>\n


\n<\/i>Meditation in Zen means keeping don’t-know mind when bowing, chanting and sitting Zen. This is formal Zen practice.<\/p>\n

And when doing something, just do it.
\nWhen driving, just drive; when eating, just eat; when working, just work.<\/p>\n

Finally, your don’t-know mind will become clear. Then you can see the sky, only blue. You can see the tree, only green. Your mind is like a clear mirror. Red comes, the mirror is red; white comes the mirror is white. A hungry person comes, you can give him food; a thirsty person comes, you can give her something to drink.<\/p>\n

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There is no desire for myself, only for all beings.
\nThat mind is already enlightenment, what we call Great Love, Great Compassion, the Great Bodhisattva Way.<\/p>\n

It’s very simple, not difficult!<\/p>\n

So Buddha said that all beings have Buddha-nature (enlightenment nature). But Zen Master Joju said that a dog has no Buddha- nature.<\/p>\n

Which one is right? Which one is wrong?<\/p>\n

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If you find that, you find the true way.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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