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Master Hsu Yun's Discourse and Dharma Words ...

Bodhidharma These are some excerpts from The Zen Teachings of Bodhidharma, translated by Red Pine (North Point Press, 1987). I highly recommend the book. First some background. Bodhidharma was born in Kanchi in the Southern Indian kingdom of Pallava around year 440. At the instruction of Prajnatara he travelled to China by ship and arrived around 475. He is associated with the Shaolin temple, ...

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To The Kwan Um School of Zen home page Zen Master Seung Sahn's Temple Rules As Used In Our Zen Centers 1. On Keeping the Bodhi Mind You must first make a firm decision to attain Enlightenment and help others. You already have the five or ten precepts. Know when to keep them and when to break them, when they are open and when they are closed. Let go of your small self and become your true self.

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ALL THINGS ZEN AN OPEN WINDOW INTO THE UNDERSTANDING OF ZEN I The following discourse is attributed to the Chinese Zen master Ch'ing yuan Wei-hsin of the T'ang Dynasty and provides a window into the understanding of Zen: Thirty years ago, before I began the study of Zen, I said, 'Mountains are mountains, waters are waters.' After I got insight into the truth of Zen through the instructions of a ...