What is Zen?
Comments (3) | May 04, 2013
Student: Master, What is Zen? Master: Do you know where the wind comes from? If you know that means you are awakened. If you…
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Master Your Living and Dying
Comments (2) | Apr 06, 2013
Student:What is living and dying? Master:When thoughts…
Simple Solutions for Parents
Comments (1) | Apr 01, 2013
A simple answer to a hard age-old question and a good introduction to Zen for children
Going to Sleep on the Self
Comments (5) | Mar 27, 2013
You do something because a thought came to you. It came to you because you saw others do something. Since your thought is a product of another's thought and your action is a product of another's action, where is the real you in this picture? This is how we go to sleep to our true Self. We think and act unconsciously, like tennis balls bouncing off somebody else's racket and wall. The question is…
Cover the Eyes
Comments (1) | Mar 14, 2013
One day, a monk noticed that Zen Master Yao-shan was reading the sutra. "Master, you normally don't allow us to read sutra. Why are you reading sutra yourself?" The monk asked. "Oh, I read only to cover my eyes." "So can I do that too?" The monk asked. Master Yao-shan said to the monk: "For you, you must see through cowhides."
Movement and Stillness
Comments (0) | Mar 09, 2013
Student: What is the difference between a mundane person and a practitioner?Master: When…
Can you live without past, present, and future?
Comments (2) | Feb 01, 2013
Before you have this thought, you already are. After this thought goes away, you still are. No thought can add or subtract anything from your true nature. Before encountering this situation, you already are. After it is over, you still are. No situation can actually trapped you because your essence is free and transcends past, present, and future. The question is: can you live without past, present,…
Open the Mind, Open the Realm
Comments (2) | Jan 17, 2013
Student: Master, you mentioned about opening your mind in order to open the realm. How do we open our mind?" Master:…
Better Mind, Better Phenomena
Comments (1) | Jan 07, 2013
Student: Master, on a very down to the earth level, we create phenomena by decisions we make. Is that correct? For example, we…
Ego
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.…
Pure Mind
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.…
Right Understanding
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…
Houston Events
Comments (0) | Feb 28, 2017
Master Miao Tsan at St Paul’s Methodist Church 2014 Event
Master Miao Tsan at Women’s Institute of Houston
Houston Events
Comments (0) | Feb 28, 2017
Master Miao Tsan at St Paul’s Methodist Church 2014 Event
Master Miao Tsan at Women’s Institute of Houston
