{"id":12839,"date":"2022-11-23T16:53:39","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T07:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musangsa.org\/international\/?p=11017"},"modified":"2025-08-30T15:38:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T06:38:04","slug":"great-meaning-great-reason-and-great-choice-by-zen-master-seung-sahn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musangsa.org\/en\/great-meaning-great-reason-and-great-choice-by-zen-master-seung-sahn\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Meaning, Great Reason and Great Choice by Zen Master Seung Sahn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"Textbody\" align=\"center\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11018 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/musangsa.org\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/11\/international-family-karma-by-zen-master-seung-sahn-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"Textbody\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Great Meaning, Great Reason and Great Choice<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><em>By Zen Master Seung Sahn<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"Textbody\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;Human life has no meaning, no reason and no choice, but we have our practice to help us understand our true self. 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