What is Zen?
Zen is very simple... What are you?
In this whole
world everyone searches for happiness outside, but nobody understands their true
self inside.
Everybody says, "I" -- "I want this, I am like that..." But
nobody understands this "I." Before you were born, where did your I come from?
When you die, where will your I go? If you sincerely ask, "what am I?" sooner or
later you will run into a wall where all thinking is cut off. We call this
"don't know."
Zen is keeping this "don't know" mind always and
everywhere.
When walking, standing, sitting,
lying down, speaking,
being
silent, moving, being still.
At all times, in all places, without
interruption -- what is this?
One mind is infinite kalpas.
Meditation in Zen means keeping don't-know mind when bowing, chanting
and sitting Zen. This is formal Zen practice. And when doing something, just do
it. When driving, just drive; when eating, just eat; when working, just work.
Finally, your don't-know mind will become clear. Then you can see the
sky, only blue. You can see the tree, only green. Your mind is like a clear
mirror. Red comes, the mirror is red; white comes the mirror is white. A hungry
person comes, you can give him food; a thirsty person comes, you can give her
something to drink. There is no desire for myself, only for all beings. That
mind is already enlightenment, what we call Great Love, Great Compassion, the
Great Bodhisattva Way. It's very simple, not difficult!
So Buddha said
that all beings have Buddha-nature (enlightenment nature). But Zen Master Joju
said that a dog has no Buddha-nature. Which one is right? Which one is wrong? If
you find that, you find the true way.
For about Seung Sahn and his teachings go to http://www.kwanumzen.com/
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