How can I become a more spiritual person?

– Here’s another of the questions that Daehaeng Kun Sunim was asked. It’s quite nice because she clearly emphasizes where the focus of where our practice needs to be. I’ve highlighted a few of the really important points.     I’m trying to become a more spiritual person, and would like to know about spiritual practice and sitting meditation.  Just physically sitting [...]

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Sunday Photo; Boxing Day Bodhisattva

I must say, my father was always very generous with gifts at Christmas… He just didn’t have the best talent at picking out anything any of us liked! By the time my sisters and I were all out of elementary school, it was an established tradition for my dad to buy us the tackiest school [...]

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The Bodhisattva Jesus

 Here in Korea, the Buddhists take the Christmas holidays in good spirit, and when talking about Jesus, occasionally say Yesu Bosalnim: The Bodhisattva Jesus. The general feeling is that there are a lot of teachings by Jesus that one couldn’t go wrong with. It may not be the direct path to enlightenment and Nirvana, but if one [...]

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the embodiment of love

If we wish to use our life to benefit the world, then we must become of the world. – Barry Briggs, ‘Generosity and Transparency‘ Every year, at this time of year, I am re-drawn to, and re-connect with, the religious tradition of my personal and cultural heritage. I am glad of it and I welcome [...]

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My Practice is Doubt?

As long as I can remember I’ve believed in our fundamental innate wisdom. It made sense that the Creator would build a self-sufficient organism, endowed with all the elements necessary for its journey through life, including and especially the knowledge for self-realization . Despite this conviction, however, I have struggled to manifest this wisdom in [...]

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some personal thoughts on the perfections

“The Buddha-Dharma is the fruit that has ten thousand flavors, the flower with ten thousand fragrances. It can be said that practitioners are the farmers who raise these fruits and the gardeners who tend these flowers.” – Seon Master Daehaeng Sunim I’ve always had a bit of a problem with the Paramitas. Don’t get me [...]

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Exhibition featuring Jijang (Jizo, Ksitigarbha) Bodhisattva

There is an exhibition about Jijang Bodhisattva at the Buddhist Museum at Jogye Temple through January 16. (The museum is beneath the new building in the temple complex, and is closed Mondays.) I don’t actually know anything about this exhibition!  Its title is:  “Leading beings from the hell realms to enlightenment“. It could be quite interesting, depending upon how they’ve used [...]

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Sunday Photo; JiJang Bosal gazing at Mudeung Mountain

I’ve always really liked JiJang Bosal. His green hair, his staff, his Great Vow. This is a beautiful bronze JiJang Bosal, outside of a small temple at the foot of Mudeungsan.

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Bangkok Seon – a one-day workshop

 Bangkok Seon: a one-day meditation workshop in the Korean Zen tradition with the American Zen monk Chong Go Sunim   Saturday February the 19th, 2011 at the Bangkok Korean Zen Centre 8.30am to 6pm   On February the 19th, 2011, the American Zen monk Chong Go Sunim will be returning to Bangkok to run a one-day English-language meditation [...]

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One mind, many bodies…

Your fundamental mind, your true self is invisibly connected to all things in the world and through it all things communicate with each other and work together as one. In this way, the whole universe is functioning together as one through fundamental mind, so this working together is called One Mind (Hanmaum). -Dae Haeng Kun [...]

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