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…

Student: Is intention very important? Master:  Yes, it is very important. Our intention is…

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…

Student: Should I put down my hobby once I become a Zen practitioner? Master: People think they need to put…

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?  

Student: What is happiness that comes from within? Master:  If we have happiness comes from within, we call…

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?

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…

Student: How does the thought affect our life? Master: We are unconsciously driven by how we think, and how we…

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…

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.…

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.…

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…

 Master Miao Tsan at St Paul’s Methodist Church 2014 Event

Master Miao Tsan at Women’s Institute of Houston

 Master Miao Tsan at St Paul’s Methodist Church 2014 Event

Master Miao Tsan at Women’s Institute of Houston

Miao Tsan on “The Paradox of Love”
at Christ Church Cathedral, Houston

Miao Tsan on “The Paradox of Love”
at Christ Church Cathedral, Houston

Friends of Integrative Medicine at M.D. Anderson CancerCenter 2014 Flyer

University of St. Thomas 2014 Flyer

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