Comments (2) | Jan 17, 2012
Encounters with certain people, for example, may tend to trigger confrontational interactions. While we can easily justify our dislike of another person, the real question worth asking is why does this person manifest…
Comments (3) | Dec 24, 2011
Student: Is intention very important? Master: Yes, it is very important. Our intention is…
Comments (2) | Dec 13, 2011
Look around you right now, what do you really have? Is there anything that truly belonged to you? Look inside yourself, is there a single thought, idea, feeling, sensation that is really yours? Surely they must have begun sometime in the past and destine to change. Even your sense of self - the sense of "I" as an individual - didn't seem to have a long history. What is your earliest memory? When…
Comments (4) | Dec 07, 2011
Student: Should I put down my hobby once I become a Zen practitioner? Master: People think they need to put…
Comments (1) | Dec 06, 2011
What you think, what you do, and what you say are secondary - yes, they are important, but not as much as the motivation behind them. If you are not aware of that motivation, then you don't know where your thinking and behavior will lead you, and you certainly won't know what you will get. So what really motivates you today?
Comments (9) | Nov 23, 2011
Student: What is happiness that comes from within? Master: If we have happiness comes from within, we call…
Comments (0) | Nov 20, 2011
Do you know what it will be? Is it your decision? Don't try to answer this mentally. Let's just experiment now½ Keep your mind very steady and free of all concerns and wait for the next idea/thought to pop in. ½½ ½½ What thought came in? Clearly you did not consciously think it since you just wait for it. So where did this thought come from? If not you, then who?
Comments (1) | Nov 11, 2011
When you pick up a book, it seems to have a power that goes beyond the passivity of ink on paper. It emanates energy, beckoning you to read, promising entertainment, education or enlightenment. Much like a prayer shawl that holds the intention…
Comments (3) | Nov 09, 2011
Student: How does the thought affect our life? Master: We are unconsciously driven by how we think, and how we…
Comments (0) | Nov 05, 2011
So what is this everyday mind? It is in the sound of a coffee machine and ringing cell phone. It is in the warmth of your chest and the tingling in your elbows. It is the computer screen and the people around you. It is the angel and the devil that talk in your head. It is the irritation in your gut and the urge to take a breath. It is in the air you breathe and the chair you sit on. It is the formless…
Comments (0) | Mar 28, 2017
The "I" represents the ego. The ego is the beginning of duality. And duality means separating inside and outside, self and others. So, dualistic thinking indicates the presence of ego.…
Comments (0) | Mar 22, 2017
If you focus your cultivation on the mind, you can eventually find peace. A peaceful mind will bring forth a better reality.
If you have peace, you will know how to make better decisions.…
Comments (0) | Mar 14, 2017
When an undesirable situation occurs and you blame someone else, this is the wrong understand of reality.
Without the , you will naturally assume that someone else has caused…
Comments (0) | Feb 28, 2017
Comments (0) | Feb 28, 2017
All situations and problems encountered in life are caused by the doors that were created in the mind.
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