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The Kwan Um School of Zen is an international organization of more than a hundred Zen centers and groups founded by Zen Master Seung Sahn.

Joined November 2009
"Denying buddha dharma is denying oneself." Quote by Zen Master Man Gong. #zen #buddhadharma #buddha #buddhism See more quotes: bit.ly/4jfq32o
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"So you have to find the source of attachment. How does it appear? How does attachment appear? What is first?"—Read more: bit.ly/3X1yy7v #zen #attachment #mind #meditation #karma #habits #dontknow #kwanumzen
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"Even compassion is not anything to aim for if it's a feeling." Quote by Zen Master Bon Hae. #zen #compassion #feelings #action #direction #purpose #kwanumzen See more quotes: bit.ly/41FAlTy
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"Everything that is created by thinking always changes." Quote by Zen Master Seung Sahn. #zen #karma #buddhism #thinking #bodhisattva #kwanumzen #zmseungsahn See more quotes: bit.ly/3QECZ5v
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"The Big Question weakens after some time. The beginner's mind changes into the expert mind and our practice reaches a dead point." —Read more: bit.ly/3YQoQaK #zen #meditation #greatquestion #beginnersmind #careful #vigilance #kwanumzen
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"The only thing that exists is the moment that we are living." Quote by Zen Master Bon Haeng. #zen #moment #now #kwanumzen See more quotes: bit.ly/41jNSi0
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"Now you are 20, 40 or 50 years old, but this time and space, from the moment you were born till just now, where did it go?"—Read more: bit.ly/4dUmegn #zen #time #moment #clear #now #perceive #kwanumzen
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"Where does mind come from?" Quote by Zen Master Seung Sahn. #zen #mind #sutras #meditation #zmseungsahn #kwanumzen See more quotes: bit.ly/4hXjAsF
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"The Zen hall is not the only Zen hall." Quote by Zen Master Man Gong. #zen #meditation #everydayzen #everymoment #anywhereanytime See more quotes: bit.ly/4aHwUOU
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"Where does suffering abide? If you are attached to the five skandhas of form, feelings, perceptions, impulses, or consciousness, then suffering has a place to stay." —Read more: bit.ly/4dJ7S2f #zen #suffering #mind #emptiness #attainment #wisdom #kwanumzen #zmseungsahn
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"Zen meditation means asking the question 'What am I'..." Quote by Zen Master Bon Soeng. See more quotes: bit.ly/40GA2FZ #zen #meditation #whatami #dontknow #observing #moment #now #kwanumzen
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"Correct function of Buddha nature is not simply a matter of 'Oh, I’ve got it.' Then what do you do moment to moment?" —Read more: bit.ly/3TbWO63 #zen #buddhanature #function #clearmind #strongcenter #moment #meditation #kwanumzen
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"This moment is very important." Quote by Zen Master Seung Sahn. #zen #moment #infinite #truth #correctlife #bodhisattvaway #zmseungsahn #kwanumzen See more quotes: bit.ly/4aEhfzK
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"What is this not-moving thing?" Quote by Zen Master Seung Sahn. #zen #meditation #trueself #universalsubstance #zmseungsahn #kwanumzen See more quotes: kwanumzen.org/zen-quotes-col…
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"Deep down inside, each of us knows we have no idea what’s going on. We don’t know." — Read more: bit.ly/3SHGLMJ #zen #dontknow #belief #truenature #selfactualization #humanbeing #kwanumzen
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"Good feeling, bad feelings — we're never going to get away from them." Quote by Zen Master Soeng Hyang. See more quotes: bit.ly/4gyoDPB #meditation #buddhism #feelings #peace #kwanumzen
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"How we use Zen Master Seung Sahn's teaching is very important. It's not just mimicking him, oh, the sky is blue, the tree is green." —Read more: bit.ly/3AeaFCd #zen #zmseungsahn #function #mind #thinking #everydaylife #kwanumzen
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"If you have no direction, any problem is a big problem and brings much suffering..." Quote by Zen Master Seung Sahn. #zen #meditation #direction #zmseungsahn #dontcheck #goodsituationbadsituation #noproblem #kwanumzen See more quotes: kwanumzen.org/zen-quotes-col…
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"We are all like rocks." Quote by Zen Master Seung Sahn. #zen #meditation #bodhisattva #buddhism #zmseungsahn #kwanumzen See more quotes: kwanumzen.org/zen-quotes-col…
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"When we don't keep a clear and empty mind, we cannot reflect this world's truth. We normally just follow our thinking and let it drag us into some suffering realm." —Read more: bit.ly/4fwOQO4 #zen #clear #truth #emptiness #originalnature #mind #kwanumzen #zmseungsahn
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