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Path to Peace
Armed with my hwadu, with life and with peace, I took the first step on my pilgrimage throughout Korea starting from Nogodan, Jirisan (Mountain), on March 1st 2004. I walked 4,000 kms and talked with about 35,000 people during this pilgrimage. Now it is m
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25 Nov 2005 |
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Feeling the Path of Seon Masters
“Shout and Hit” are two methods used by masters to encourage practitioners in their practice. They also help to identify the stage reached in meditation beyond words. Sometimes masters strike practitioners in order to break their ignorance.
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21 Feb 2006 |
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Invitation to Seon
To begin with, I would like to express my warm welcome to everyone visiting this international site of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. Since Seon meditation was adopted in East Asian countries such as China, Japan and Korea, it has claimed an importan
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07 Feb 2006 |
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New Year’s Dharma Talk for B.E. 2550
This morning the sky brightens up the light of Buddhism, and the worlds in all directions are in harmony with history.
In every home the virtues of heaven and earth are heaped up, and the whole world is filled with the sun of insight.
As the mountains a
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19 Jan 2006 |
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The True Meaning of a ’Person of Wealth’
Commemorative Dharma Service for the 8th Anniversary of the Founding of Kilsang-sa
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17 Jan 2006 |
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Benefits of Meditation
We start to meditate because of individual circumstances and choices. However soon we find that two kinds of goals and aspirations inspire us to persevere on the meditative path. The first goal seems to be a short-term one. This is the aspiration to
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04 Jan 2006 |
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New Year’s Greeting Speech
The year of the Dog is upon us. As it draws near, I pray that it will be filled with joy for each and every person in and outside of Korea, and that Korea will continue taking the brightest passage toward a shining future with the blessings of Buddha. Loo
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01 Feb 2006 |
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Poem of CheongHwa Sunim
Poem of CheongHwa Sunim
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03 Apr 2009 |
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Temple Bell Chime 2
Collection of Poems
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02 Mar 2009 |
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Hwadu Meditation and Contemporary Society
I have read many articles recently, and have had quite a few discussions with various knowledgeable people as well, regarding the topic of hwadu meditation. What I have observed from my readings and discussions is that people’s opinions about the hwadu f
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13 Feb 2006 |
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[Counseling] How to live and survive in our societ…
As a college student, the most important goal in reality is to learn and practice for future job after the graduation. Although anyone can choose and change his or her job at any time, it is not easy in actual reality. For most people, what they do for li
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26 Jun 2006 |
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Friends on the Path
“Friends on the Path” is a Jogye Order public welfare foundation. It is the first Buddhist foundation of its kind. Its objectives are to help society through a transparent collection and distribution of funds helping the underprivileged class, restorati
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20 Apr 2009 |
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Identity Crisis
"You know the world’s messed up when the best golfer is black [Tiger Woods], and the best rapper is white [Eminem]," quipped the basketball great Charles Barkley. Barkley taps into something important about how it is becoming harder to assume that race, c
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16 Jun 2006 |
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[Poem] War and God?
War is killing, And some people pray to God to win a war, Declare war in the name of God.
That’s sacrilege and nonsense.No God helps people kill People.If there really is such an evil God,He deserves to be called th Devil,Devil-God.
God is your mind,Not
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18 Jul 2006 |
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It’s never the worst
I recently met an acquaintance whom I had not seen in quite a while. She no longer had the young face that I remembered. Hers was the rough face of an urchin, a vagabond, and looking at her left me with a peculiar feeling. She did not have the look of an
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07 Jul 2006 |
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