http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/Korean Buddhism, Jogye Order, Zen, Zen Meditation, Seon, Seon Meditationkohttp://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=601 Making Ganhwa Seon Accessible to the General Public Master Subul Sunim, Anguk Zen Cente Introduction“Seon meditation” is a direct method that can cut right to the core and reveal the Truth immediately by bringing the light of prajna wisdom into our mind and dispelling our inner darkness and ignorance. Seon emerged in our history to prove one more time that ...2012-03-08 13:29Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism2012-03-08 13:29http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=600 You Already Understand! By Seung Sahnfrom Shambala Sun website "...Someone asked Zen Master Seung Sahn, What do you think about the beginning of this world? The beginning of this world came from your mouth. Ha ha ha ha! Do you understand?The student was silent.Then I will explain: what is this world? You must understand that point first. You make time, space, cause and effect. In thr...2011-12-02 11:01Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism2011-12-02 11:01http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=597 Dharma Talk to Begin 2011~2012 Winter Retreat Supreme Patriarch, The Most Ven. Beopjeon “You must arrive at your destination as soon as the day breaks” The Most Ven. Beopjeon, the Supreme Patriarch of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism delivered a Dharma talk to proclaim the commencement of the winter retreat season for the Buddhist Era ...2011-11-25 14:58Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism2011-11-25 14:58http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=596What is the priority in our lives?Helping others is important, but taking care of one’s own practice is even more 'precious' By Ven. Ila Wonmyeong-sa Temple, USA Sutra Verse: Doing bad and harmful act is easy. But, doing good and beneficial is very difficult. What are the bad harmful acts we perform in our daily lives? Cigarettes, alcohol, gambling, drugs, laziness,...2011-10-28 15:59Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism2011-10-28 15:59http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=592 "That was it? Was that really it?”The Miracle of 15 cm Author: Yimiryeong Despite the fact that there were many intelligent and talented disciples with royal family background, Ven. Culla Panthaka was able to attain Arahatship before those who could almost certainly be comparable to Sidartha Sakyamuni Buddha in many aspects. People are well aware of how the Buddha took in Ve...2011-10-21 15:39Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism2011-10-21 15:39http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=591 To Discover Your True Self, “I” Must Die ...2011-10-21 15:35Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism2011-10-21 15:35http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=590 Finalizing the Summer Retreat B.E.2555 Supreme Patriarch Beopjeon Sunim’s Dharma Teaching The Lion’s Roar Tears Up Our Mind When Master Ye xian gui sheng (叶县归省)prostrated to MasterFen yang shan zhao (汾阳善昭),the Master Ye asked the following question: “What did you just realize for you to prostrate to me like that?” “This pr...2011-10-21 15:32Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism2011-10-21 15:32http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=572 The most ven. Beopjeon, The Supreme Patriarch of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism delivered a dharma talk to proclaim the commencement of the summer retreat season for the Buddhist Era of 2555. On May 16th, the Supreme Patriarch’s hwadu referred to the dialogue between the Seon Master Josan and his student on “what is the most expensive object in the world.” T...2011-06-24 16:39Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism2011-06-24 16:39http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=558 “See Reality as it is with Wisdom Eye” There is the wisdom eye beneath the stick. A monk came to visit Seon Master Joju. “Where are you coming from?” “I came from the dharma teaching of Seon Master Seolbong.” “What did the master teach?” “Seeing the reality of all the world is the wisdom eye of th...2011-03-03 11:33Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism2011-03-03 11:33http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=550New Year’ Message by His Excellency, Venerable Beobjeon, Supreme Patriarch of the Jokye Order of Korean Buddhism “Until the day when eternally inexhaustible suffering turns into the circle of light” Today, the light from time immemorial magnificently illuminates the first morning of the Year of the Rabbit in each household bursting open the gate to immeasurable j...2011-01-13 16:24Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism2011-01-13 16:24http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=545 “My neighbor’s happiness is indeed my own” Iwish that the Year of Rabbit will be filled with days of hope and bliss. Everyone’s heart will be infused with a fresh resolve to start anew on the New Year’s day. We await the coming of the spring by bearing the piercing wind and bitter cold of the winter. True appreciation of the warm sunshine an...2011-01-04 16:07Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism2011-01-04 16:07http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=531 Normal 0 0 2 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"표준 표"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-...2009-12-04 13:48LectureKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)LectureKorean Buddhism2009-12-04 13:48http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=530 Normal 0 0 2 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"표준 표"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; ...2009-12-04 13:41Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism2009-12-04 13:41http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=524Ven. Songdam’s Dharma Talk “What is Meditation?” Looked for, it cannot be seen. Listened for, it cannot be heard. Felt for, it cannot be felt. This thing is the truth to be realized. Once we have an experience of the truth, on that basis we can practice. Meditation is the path for one to realized oneself. Through the path, we can arrive at the destination. Alth...2009-07-17 15:19Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism2009-07-17 15:19http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=512 The Dharma Words on Peace of Mind Translated by Han Chang-ho This Dharma meeting is really meaningful and rare. Many monks of great virtue with experienced eyes, Dharma teachers, laymen and laywomen have all gathered together. This type of meeting is not easy to have. Sometimes I have given Dharma talks in a lecture style to my dear monks for three days or seven days. But, this is th...2008-12-21 11:34LectureKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)LectureKorean Buddhism2008-12-21 11:34http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=511I hope everyone has been well. Recently, due to the clear weather, being alive feels renewed, grateful, and fortunate. Due to the continuous beautiful fall weather, my life has become joyful for many reasons. Especially, when I hang clothes out to dry, the poem called “Blue sky day” by the poet Seo Jung-joo automatically comes out of my mouth. “On this blue sk...2008-12-21 10:43Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism2008-12-21 10:43http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=505 The Dharma Words on Peace of Mind This Dharma meeting is really meaningful and rare. Many monks of great virtue with experienced eyes, Dharma teachers, laymen and laywomen have all gathered together. This type of meeting is not easy to have. Sometimes I have given Dharma talks in a lecture style to my dear monks for three days or seven days. But, this is the first time I have had the...2008-10-23 14:50Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism2008-10-23 14:50http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=502test... 2008-01-14 11:17LectureKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)LectureKorean Buddhism2008-01-14 11:17http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=498 Copy right (c) BTN( www.btn.co.kr) “I once gave a lecture on Diamond Sutra eight years ago in a temple and I still study the sutra with the people who attended my lecture at that time. As they recommended that the lecture be given to the general public as well, I decided to give the lecture through television,” he said. “I consider Diamond Sutra to be...2007-06-15 13:45LectureKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)LectureKorean Buddhism2007-06-15 13:45http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=497Clean off the mirrors in our minds As the Venerable Seongcheol taught us, in these treacherous times, we must always stay awake.November 05, 2006 Early in the morning on Nov. 4, 1993, the Venerable Seongcheol of the Korean Buddhist Jogye Order passed away. He died at the age of 82, 58 years after he was accepted as a Buddhist monk. Seongcheol used to meditate sitting up all night. It was probab...2007-06-15 09:54LectureKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)LectureKorean Buddhism2007-06-15 09:54http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=495You Already Understand! Haengwon (Seung Sahn) Zen Master Bodhidharma, founder of the Zen lineage, is said to have described Zen this way: A special transmission outside the scriptures / Not depending on words and letters / Pointing directly to the human mind / Seeing into ones nature and attaining buddhahood. Theres no better example of Zens direct, penetrating spirit than these exchanges betw...2007-06-05 11:04Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism2007-06-05 11:04http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=483 The disciples received the Fifth Patriarch’s directive and returned to their rooms. They discussed amongst themselves and said, “There’s no need for us to purify our minds and compose a verse to present to the master. The head monk, Shenxiu, is our teacher. After he receives the dharma, we will naturally rely on him. So, we don’t need to compose a verse.&...2006-11-30 15:18LectureKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)LectureKorean Buddhism2006-11-30 15:18http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=471 One day the Fifth Patriarch Hongren summoned all his disciples to an assembly, and said, “I say to all of you: the birth and death of people in this world is a grave matter. Nevertheless you, disciples, make offerings all day long, seeking only the field of blessings (punyaksetra) but not liberation from the sea of suffering of birth and death. If you are all deluded to your own self-...2006-10-27 17:19LectureKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)LectureKorean Buddhism2006-10-27 17:19http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=464 The Fifth Patriarch asked me, “Where are you from that you have now come to this mountain to pay obeisance to me? What do you seek?” I answered, “I am a peasant from Xinzhou in Lingnan. My only purpose in coming from so far away to pay obeisance to you is to seek the buddhadharma.” The Fifth Patriarch Hongren reprimanded me, saying, “You are a X...2006-09-20 15:31LectureKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)LectureKorean Buddhism2006-09-20 15:31http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=457If one dwells in enlightenment, one has no anxiety and worries, enjoying unhindered happiness free from envy. Whether one has just started on the Buddhist path or whether one has been practicing for a long time, if one enters directly into enlightenment, one can realize a mind which can be used freely, without entanglements. In the state of enlightenment, there is no distinction between self and ...2006-08-21 17:25Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism2006-08-21 17:25http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=452I am going to bring up a somewhat critical example regarding Korean Buddhist society. These days, Korean monks say among themselves that “persons of the Way (Doin) are sages only from a distance, not from up close.” Actually, this statement disparages all sages and is among the worst type of ridicule. To say that “persons of the Way are not sages up close” ...2006-08-07 17:01LectureKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)LectureKorean Buddhism2006-08-07 17:01http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=443 The great master Huineng said, “Spiritual friends, contemplate the Mahaprajnaparamita Dharma with a pure mind.” The great master, without saying anything further, made his own mind and spirit clear. He kept silent for a good while, then spoke again: “My spiritual friends, listen quietly. The ancestral origin [sic; this actually means ‘originally an offici...2006-07-07 10:13LectureKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)LectureKorean Buddhism2006-07-07 10:13http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=440 The great master Huineng ascended the high dharma seat at the lecture hall of Dafan monastery and expounded on the Mahaprajnaparamita Dharma while giving the formless precepts. At that time, there were about 10,000 monks, nuns, Daoists [sic, religious], and lay followers beneath the dharma seat. When the prefect Wei Chu of Shaozhou 韶州, thirty officials from various departments, and Confucian sc...2006-06-22 10:56LectureKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)LectureKorean Buddhism2006-06-22 10:56http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=438As human beings, everyone must find meaning in their lives. This applies even for ordained monks. For us ordained monks, the meaning of our lives is ‘seeing the nature and achieving buddhahood.’For some, this aspiration is merely a desire, but for others it is their firm belief, which they cultivate wholeheartedly.Our purpose now in studying the Platform Sutra is to re-affirm ...2006-06-15 18:11LectureKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)LectureKorean Buddhism2006-06-15 18:11http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=220(Congratulatory Speech at the Ceremony for the newly appointed Spiritual Leader of the Meditation Center)Hello! How nice to see you all here. Today I would like to talk about “How to Approach Hwadu Practice.” How can we study hwadu effectively? That is the question! The purpose of hwadu is to help practitioners break through views based on conceptual understanding of the dharm...2006-02-28 21:18Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism2006-02-28 21:18http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=194I wish to talk about the meaning and essence of Seon, which is the meaning of meditation. As it is not an easy topic, I will first talk about the essence of Seon.The essence of Seon is impossible to discuss or even to speak about, let alone listen to. I cannot show the essence of Seon using the spoken word. Therefore I will resort to another method. I will explain the essence of Seon by the metap...2006-02-02 14:44Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism2006-02-02 14:44http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=165Friend, American Seon master Hyeon-gak is giving a lecture on “Diamond Sutra” in English through Btn, a cable TV channel, beginning Aug. 22, 2005and lasting 12 weeks.This isthe first lectureat Seoul International Zen Center, Hwa Gye Sa July 3th, 2005.“I once gave a lecture on Diamond Sutra eight years ago in a temple and I still study the sutra with the people who a...2006-01-13 14:28LectureKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)LectureKorean Buddhism2006-01-13 14:28http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=164Friend, American Seon master Hyeon-gak is giving a lecture on “Diamond Sutra” in English through Btn, a cable TV channel, beginning Aug. 22, 2005and lasting 12 weeks.This isthe first lectureat Seoul International Zen Center, Hwa Gye Sa July 3th, 2005.“I once gave a lecture on Diamond Sutra eight years ago in a temple and I still study the sutra with the people who a...2006-01-13 13:13LectureKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)LectureKorean Buddhism2006-01-13 13:13http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=162Friend, American Seon master Hyeon-gak is giving a lecture on “Diamond Sutra” in English through Btn, a cable TV channel, beginning Aug. 22, 2005and lasting 12 weeks.This isthe first lectureat Seoul International Zen Center, Hwa Gye Sa July 3th, 2005.“I once gave a lecture on Diamond Sutra eight years ago in a temple and I still study the sutra with the people who a...2006-01-10 18:15LectureKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)LectureKorean Buddhism2006-01-10 18:15http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=161Friend, American Seon master Hyeon-gak is giving a lecture on “Diamond Sutra” in English through Btn, a cable TV channel, beginning Aug. 22, 2005and lasting 12 weeks.This isthe first lectureat Seoul International Zen Center, Hwa Gye Sa July 3th, 2005.“I once gave a lecture on Diamond Sutra eight years ago in a temple and I still study the sutra with the people who a...2006-01-10 14:24LectureKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)LectureKorean Buddhism2006-01-10 14:24http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=160American Seon master Hyeon-gak is giving a lecture on “Diamond Sutra” in English through Btn, a cable TV channel, beginning Aug. 22, 2005and lasting 12 weeks.This isthe first lectureat Seoul International Zen Center, Hwa Gye Sa July 3th, 2005.“I once gave a lecture on Diamond Sutra eight years ago in a temple and I still study the sutra with the people who attended m...2006-01-10 14:20LectureKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)LectureKorean Buddhism2006-01-10 14:20http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=124I am glad to see all of you here at Jakwangsa today. I know it is not an easy thing to come on your day off, but all of us, at some point, inside, realize there is something more we have to do. There is something more than our daily work, our daily lives. There is something more than our jobs. There is something more than having a good time. This thing we all each one of us feels, in Buddhism we ...2005-12-20 17:21LectureKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)LectureKorean Buddhism2005-12-20 17:21http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=123(Holding the stick in the air and hitting the table) Mountain is water. Water is mountain. In the Heart Sutra we just recited it says, “Form is emptiness and emptiness is form.” This is the fundamental Buddha’s teaching of impermanence, which means everything is changing, changing, changing. (Holding the stick in the air and hitting the table) No mountain. N...2005-12-20 17:18Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)Dharma TalksKorean Buddhism2005-12-20 17:18http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=115Friend, American Seon master Hyeon-gak is giving a lecture on “Diamond Sutra” in English through Btn, a cable TV channel, beginning Aug. 22, 2005and lasting 12 weeks.This isthe first lectureat Seoul International Zen Center, Hwa Gye Sa July 3th, 2005.“I once gave a lecture on Diamond Sutra eight years ago in a temple and I still study the sutra with the people who a...2005-12-04 21:25LectureKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)LectureKorean Buddhism2005-12-04 21:25http://jp.koreanbuddhism.net/rss/link.asp?rss_type=content&rss_seq=92Friend, American Seon master Hyeon-gak is giving a lecture on “Diamond Sutra” in English through Btn, a cable TV channel, beginning Aug. 22, 2005and lasting 12 weeks.This isthe first lectureat Seoul International Zen Center, Hwa Gye Sa July 3th, 2005.“I once gave a lecture on Diamond Sutra eight years ago in a temple and I still study the sutra with the people who a...2005-11-28 19:46LectureKorean Buddhism(mailto:webmaster@koreanbuddhism.net)LectureKorean Buddhism2005-11-28 19:46