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Reflections after a Pilgrimage.... across Korea

First of all, I would like to say that I am glad I have gone this pilgrimage. Although at times, it was tough on my body condition but I learned not to give up and made my way to Soraksan mountains finally. As I have heard and read of many times before: A pilgrimage can change you - whether this is true for me, time will tell. Meanwhile, I tend to have a different view on some things; other things turn out to have a different meaning than before the pilgrimage. I am somewhat overwhelmed by the… Continue

Added by Gerlinde on October 13, 2009 at 4:02am — 3 Comments

The dharma words of Cheong-Hwa sunim-'Everything is Buddha'

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Added by Seo Lim on August 10, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Net of Indra T-Shirt

I have a number of Net of Indra" t-shirts from a limited printing. The design is from a Buddhist jewel which I developed while doing a painting project in Bangkok, and which I named "Net of Indra" - I think it fairly well projects that teaching that everything in the universes… Continue

Added by brian barry on March 16, 2009 at 7:59pm — No Comments

SHAPING THE FUTURE?

Western Buddhist Teachers Meet the Dalai Lama Dharamsala, India. March 1993 by Stephen Batchelor Before our formal sessions with the Dalai Lama began, we gathered for a preliminary meeting. "I'd like to suggest an exercise," announced Jack Kornfield, "Close your eyes an… Continue

Added by Gerlinde on March 6, 2009 at 4:39am — No Comments

www.OberpfalzZen.de

We are a small Zen (Korean: Seon) Buddhist community founded by Gerlinde Grunt who came from the Kwan Um School of Zen. The initial concept was to form a lay meditation group of Zen practitioners following the Korean Zen (Seon) Buddhist teachings. Our practice is influenced by the… Continue

Added by Gerlinde on February 12, 2009 at 5:15am — No Comments

Walking Pilgrimage to Korean Temples

Hendrick Hamel wrote this in 1668 when he was stranded in Corea (Korea): The Religious Men offer Perfumes before an Idol twice a Day, and on Festivals; all the Religious of a House make a Noise with Drums, Basons and Kettles. The Monasteries and Temples, which the Kingdom swarms with, are for the most part on the Mountains, each under the liberty of some Town. There are Monasteries of 5 or 600 Religious Men, and at least 4,000 of them within the Liberties of some Towns. They are divide… Continue

Added by Gerlinde on February 11, 2009 at 3:30am — 1 Comment

Korean Zen Master KUSAN

Master Kusan Sunim (1908-1983) Korean Zen Master Kusan ("Ku"-Nine; "San" - Mountains), known as Kusan Sunim, was considered the greatest living Zen Master in South Korea toward the end of his life. He passed on in December, 1983, at the age of 74, at SonggwangSa Zen monaster… Continue

Added by Gerlinde on December 20, 2008 at 11:20pm — 3 Comments

Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in Korean Buddhism

In the Buddhist world there are various kinds of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. This phenomenon originated within Mahayana Buddhism. Theravadin Buddhists only recognize the Buddha Sakyamuni, the historical Buddha, as their spiritual teacher. Sakyamuni was born prince Siddhartha Gautama i… Continue

Added by Gerlinde on December 20, 2008 at 11:06pm — 1 Comment

Korean Tea Ceremony - Dado

by: Martine Batchelor Visiting Songgwangsa, an important Son monastery in Chollanamdo in South Korea, if you take a walk up a steep hill and deep in the forest you reach Bulilam, an hermitage nestled in a bamboo grove with a wide vista of Chogye mountain. There, resides Pop… Continue

Added by Gerlinde on December 20, 2008 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Dharma words of Cheong-Hwa sunim(2)

Bringing writing frm naver 또다시 말씀드리면 순수한 참선을 한다고 생각할 때는 어느 때나 안심을 얻고서 시시때때로 모두가 다 행복(幸福)스럽게 지낼 수가 있습니다. 이것이 부처님 가르침의 요체(要諦)이기도 합니다. To say this again, whenever we practice Pure Seon, we can obtain Peace of Mind and live happy daily lives. This is also one essence of Buddha’s teachings. 그래서 『순선안심탁마법회』라! So ‘Pure Seon Peace of Mind Cultivating Dharma Meeting’! 이러한 순수한 참선으로 해서 우리 마음이 어느 때나 안락스럽게 나날이 행복스러운 날이 되는 것을 서로 피차 토론(討論)도 하고 갈고 닦는 그런 법회(法會)가 이번 법회입니다. This Dharma talk… Continue

Added by Seo Lim on June 16, 2008 at 11:00pm — No Comments

The dharma words of Cheong-Hwa sunim-(1)

Bringing writing Naver web site The Dharma words on Peace of Mind(安心法門) This Dharma Meeting is really meaningful and uncommon. Because Monks of great virtue having experienced eyes, my dear Dharma-Preachers, Laymen and Laywomen come, this is the meeting which we cannot easily attend. Sometimes I have given Dharma talks in a manner of lecture to my dear monks for four days or seven days. But this is the first time when I have the chance to give a lecture to male/female monks and… Continue

Added by Seo Lim on June 15, 2008 at 4:14pm — No Comments

By the River

On the river Two ducks float like ships Small and blue flowers bloom by the side of the road I have to pick you Don't do that! I have to pick you Don't do that! Just blowing flower seeds of dandelion Two ducks went flying up In my room, on my window sill In a glass cup The small flowers smile blue Continue

Added by 축복나라 아빠 on May 25, 2008 at 1:25pm — No Comments

Rain

Raining His eyes Becomes a lake of blue Raining Mountain is Becomes an umbrella of the lake After he leaves Above the lake Falling rain Continue

Added by 축복나라 아빠 on May 25, 2008 at 1:21pm — No Comments

My Body Is 40

Today my body is 40 years old. My mind's age is, well, not that old it seems. My body out-aged my mind since around my 20th birthday. In the intervening time I've suffered periodic bouts of physical disorder which forced me to become conscious of my body. Not so with my mind. Mental pain is dulled by habitual thought and over stimulus, and vital communication between body and spirit gets lost in the fog of unconsciousness. I'm left with dukkha, and big a dose of consternation as to why I'm so da… Continue

Added by 축복나라 아빠 on May 19, 2008 at 10:20pm — No Comments

My Buddhism Blog

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Added by Joseph Siemion on April 29, 2008 at 10:35pm — No Comments

His Eminence Gosok rinpoche Phuntsok Choling Monastery in Nepal

Gosok rinpoche's biography
In this way, he appeared in his lineage of incarnations as the Omniscient Kaudinya, the eldest of the first five disciples of Buddha Shakyamuni. Later, in Tibet, he was incarnated as Döndrup Gyatso, a famous abbot of the Drepung Gomang College. A… Continue

Added by Jagiello on March 23, 2008 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Buddhisme in France links

AID PROJECT94 FOR TIBETANS
http://aidproject94.free.fr/index.html

Son Eminence GOSOK RINPOCHE
www.gosokrinpoche.com gosokladang@yahoo.com

www.detchen-eusel-ling.com
www.chenrezig.nl
www.buddhaland.free.fr www.amitabha-t… Continue

Added by Jagiello on March 23, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

ZEN Master TAIZEN DESHIMARU

Association ZEN INTERNATIONAL
founded by Taizen Deshimaru
175, rue Tolbiac 75013 PARIS
tel.: 00.33.01.53.80.19.19 fax.: 00.33.1.53.80.14.33
www.zen-azi.org azi-tolbiac@wanadoo.fr
www.zen-deshimaru.com/EN/home.php

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Added by Jagiello on March 15, 2008 at 7:54am — No Comments

ZEN Master THICH NHAT HANH

Thich Nhat Hanh Zen Master, poet, peace and human rights activist, Thich Nhat Hanh was born in central Vietnam in 1926 and became a monastic at the age of 16. In Saigon in the early 1960's, he founded the School of Youth for Social Services (SYSS), a grass roots relief organi… Continue

Added by Jagiello on March 14, 2008 at 6:08pm — No Comments

BUDDHISM in FRANCE

Centre Bouddhique International - Le Bourget
Association loi 1901
7, rue Cité Firmin Bourgeois
93350 Le Bourget
tel.: 00.33.1.48.35.10.71
Centre of teaching buddhism Teravada
www.centrebouddhique.fr

Bois de Vincennes - Wood of… Continue

Added by Jagiello on March 14, 2008 at 9:00am — No Comments