Friday, 29 March 2019

Dropping Ashes on the Buddha: Teachings of Zen Master Seung Sahn by Stephen Mitchell



This person is suffering from a mistaken view.  You must help him understand the truth: that all things in the universe are just as they are.




In all these experiences, outside and inside have become one.  This is Zen mind.




Original nature has no opposites. 




Zen is keeping the mind which is before thinking.




If you want the easy way, this is desire.  But if you want the difficult way, this too is desire.  Zen is letting go of all your desires.  Then you will find the true way.




Desire, anger, and ignorance cover up our clear mind.  If we cut off all thinking and return to empty mind, then your mind, my mind, and all people's minds are the same.  We become one with the whole universe.