‘Anyone who knows that soy sauce is salty can practise Zen.’
ManGong Sunim
Chan / Seon / Zen
Morning meditation — Everyone has Buddha nature.
‘Everyone has Buddha nature but they cannot become Buddha because they do not understand themselves’
ManGong
Morning meditation — Sometimes our things cause us great aggravation.
‘We accumulate things because we need them, but sometimes our things cause us great aggravation.’
Beopjeong Sunim
Morning meditation — If one universally shines over all sentient beings.
‘Again I ask you, can you fully comprehend the Unmoving Ground you were originally endowed with before your parents gave birth to you? If you have understood, you walk hand in hand with all the Buddhas and Patriarchs of the three time-periods.’
Master Bojo
Morning meditation — Listening to a dharma talk is like walking on thin ice.
‘Listening to a dharma talk is like walking on thin ice; you must be very focused and sincere.’
ManGong
Morning meditation — The tongue which produces careless speech.
‘The tongue which produces careless speech is like an axe used to kill oneself.’
Kusan Sunim
Morning meditation —When trying to be still by stopping movement.
‘When trying to be still by stopping movement, the stillness itself is kept in motion; persisting with any extreme, how can you know the One?‘
Ta-tsu Hui-k’o
Morning meditation — Even when living in the common world.
‘Even when living in the common world, if you don’t become attached to worldly things, you can become your true self.’
Beopjeong Sunim
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