Hi Gerlinde. I liked all the photos of the pilgramage. It was nice to see some familar faces as well such as Ye Jin Su Nim and Jo Bul Su Nim who I have sat kyol che with. Good luck on the calligraphy workshop as it sounds like you have a real treasu…
Hi Gerlinde. As far as I know ,the reason we sit facing the wall during long retreats is to look in to oneself. During shorter retreats and regular morning and evening sitting, we sit facing in to support each other.
Hi Gerlinde. To answer your question about what DSSN would do. He invited many teachers in many different traditions from Jack Kornfield to Thich Naht Han to come to PZC and share their dharma. In turn he was invited many places as he was the first…
I am a dharma student who is interested in how Korean Zen was brought to the west and how it is available to westerners in Korea as well. I have been a dharma teacher in the Kwan Um School of Zen since 1997.
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Dear Kimball, thanks for your note. The calligraphy workshop will be in 2 weeks and I am very much looking forward to seeing Byong Oh Sunim again. He is indeed a "rare example" in the West - in fact, the only calligraphy master in Germany! Glad to hear that you are doing well and getting busy with Kyol Che preperations:-)
At 1:25pm on September 24, 2008, Jong-in Kim said…
Dear Kimball,
My name is Jong-in Kim, who became the 111th member of SDG. I am looking for people who love Buddhism and can speak English as well as Korean. I need people who can help my job as the organizer of World Lay Buddhist Forum. If you want to help me please ring the following no. 010-9227-8676. If you want to know about the forum, please visit the following site.(http://chongji.or.kr/eng/forum/forum01.html)
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