Dharma Talks/Teachings

Hyeam Seonggwan (1920 ~ 2001)

Venerable Hyeam was 10th Supreme Patriarch of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. Because of his straightforward character, he was called “a piece of bamboo” in Gayasan Mountain. He lived as a monk for 55 years, and passed away at the age of 81 while attending to his disciple on 31st Dec 2001 in Misogul, Smile Room, in Wondangam Hermitage.

The cultivation that empties oneself is the ultimate by Hyeam Seonggwan

Knowing everything though the knowledge of one- The secret of utmost importance when cultivating is that when the one is known well, all other things can immediately be known as well. Because the one is at the very center, it is the way of bringing everything else to the center as well.   Indeed, when asking 'What is the buddha dharma?', 'What is the way of enlightenment?', and 'How do monastics fulfill their duties?' when the one is k..# 2006.01.17

The New Year Massage (B.E. 2544) by Hyeam Seonggwan

The future is not coming, the past is not going, the present is not stopping, three times periods are full of emptiness, so it is very mysterious. Don’t you understand such kinds of truth? If you could be understood these things, the sun and moon are looks like anew, the heaven and earth are looks being special, war, disease, famine, destruction of environment and transmigration of birth and death etcs., such kind of thousands thing of disaster ..# 2006.01.17