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Right Understanding

Comments (2) | Mar 02, 2015

What is right understanding? The right understanding is the realization that when you change and elevate your mind, everything in your environment changes. You will…

Reality is Reality

Comments (1) | Feb 22, 2015

Reality is reality. Reality is like your hands, which are yours alone. If your hands are rough, what can you do? You can not get…

Truth

Comments (0) | Feb 20, 2015

If truth is on the other shore of the river, how do we reach it? To realize the truth, you must see every single thought that arises…

What we really know in each moment is very limited. All we can say for sure at any given moment is that we see a world around us, we feel the sensation of a body, and that there are thoughts floating through our consciousness. This is the extend of what is knowable. To go beyond that is dealing with concepts, not truth.

The reason to let go

Comments (2) | Feb 13, 2015

A student asked me, "Master, how can I let go of my attachments? If I let go, what will be left?" Consider the moon and the star. They continue to light…

Speed up and slow down

Comments (1) | Aug 25, 2014

To accelerate change, first accelerate your practice. Your practice will bring together all the right ingredients. To slow down your disturbances, first calm down your mind. Do not pedal aimlessly in turbulent water.

Very Difficult and Very Easy

Comments (0) | Aug 11, 2014

Abbot's Words of Wisdom: Zen practice is very difficult, but also very easy. If you always look at others it is very…

Remember

Comments (3) | Jun 30, 2014

When you are feeling down, it is your magnificent true Self that accepts the mood, just like a wealthy person temporarily feeling poor. We are free by nature but we choose to accept thoughts that limit us. In this moment, you are limiting yourself in certain ways through some ideas that you hold near and dear to your heart. You forget that there is a different choice. Let us practice remembering…

Amusing Samsara

Comments (0) | Jun 23, 2014

Turn over the bed in the monk's quarters, Puncture the fantasy, the stars in the eyes; Amusing samsara in his palm, Golden Ox dances away.

I am who I am?

Comments (0) | May 30, 2014

People often say, "I am who I am" but most people don't know their true self. It is more accurate to say that it is you who make yourself this way, instead of saying this way is who you are.…

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…