Why Do You Live In This World?
We understand many things about this world, but we don’t understand ourselves. So why do human beings come into this world?
Entries by Barbara Pardo
All Things Are Created By Mind
A long time ago in Korea, a famous Sutra Master named Dae Oh Sunim traveled to Hae In Sah Temple lecture on the Hua Yen Sutra. He concluded his week‘s teaching by stating, “For forty-nine years, the Buddha taught only one word: ‘All things are created by mind alone.'”
World Sickness
Imbalance is our world’s sickness: how can we cure it?
Don’t Know, No Problem
Human beings have too much understanding. Too much understanding, too much have problems. Little bit understanding, little problem. If you don’t know, no problem!
Zen Is Very Simple…
Zen is very simple… What are you?
Life Has No Meaning
Human life has no meaning, no reason, and no choice, but we have our practice to help us understand our true self.
What is Primary Point?
I often talk about primary point. What is primary point?
Don’t Know Compass
If you keep a don’t know mind one hundred percent, then your demons cannot find you. Suffering cannot find you. Karma, problems, life, death, coming and going, good and bad; nothing can touch you when you only keep a don’t know mind.
“Top man cannot see his own karma”
In times past in Asia and during the spread of the dharma in the West, newly recognized Zen masters frequently went off on their own to practice and teach the dharma, often starting their own centers of teaching. One time I spoke with Zen Master Seung Sahn about this and asked him, “Why did you create teacher groups to oversee our school?” He said, “Top man cannot see his own karma.”
Great Faith, Great Courage, Great Doubt
Great faith doesn’t mean faith in something, or faith that things will turn out your way. Faith needs no object. It’s living life in the way your foot meets the ground in walking. Your foot never wonders if the ground is there for it.