The Teachings of Zen Master Man Gong (part 1)
What Am I? The Necessity of Finding Your True Self
Entries by Barbara Pardo
Clear Direction
So when your direction is clear, it is already beyond all the opposites. Life and death, possible or impossible, good or bad, right or wrong—it’s already beyond all the opposites.
Universal Connection
So we practice being present, we practice being in this moment, being available in this moment, and we begin to string together the experience of moments of presence.
World Sickness
Imbalance is our world’s sickness: how can we cure it? Balance means understanding the truth.
Believe In Your True Self
The best thing a teacher can give a student is for the student to believe in themselves. So, people would come and listen to Zen Master Seung Sahn, and what you would get from him is to not be attached to his words.
Correct Practicing
Kwan um means “perceive sound.” This means perceive your true self.
Moment World
Talking about opposite worlds or absolute world or complete world is an intellectual style where more explanation, more analysis becomes necessary. Zen only points to the moment world, the world of this moment.
Wanting Enlightenment
If you want enlightenment, this enlightenment is far, far away.
Let Your Mind Go
The most important thing is to stay nimble, stay with things they are, and keep awake.
Why We Sit
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.