"We're so afraid of not knowing, that we construct fantasies of what things are so we can then defend them and feel comfort in our knowing." - Bon Soeng

Everyone outhere on the earth , in different robes, different languages, different ways of living , different ways of worshipping, meditation and discourses, are just trying out sincerely knowingly or unknowingly intentionally or unintentionally, to lead me back home and this really whenever I am made to feel it, bring tears and love together making the heart shine and radiate, thanks, thanks, and love to all and everybody , thanks, thankyou very much

Thank you for your simple, succinct explanatory introduction to Zen.

I practice in the Sōtō tradition but I do like listening to your talks.

Thank god for Zen!

An exquisite explanation of Zen. A refreshment that I needed. Thank you.

Awesome

Best explanation I’ve ever heard!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I am practicing Zazen for many years and yet . . . Each time I sit or stand or walk I am a beginner . I hear Zen Master say ‘who is doing the sitting? Who is standing? Who is walking? ‘ and always the answer is ‘don’t know ‘ Until no self appears , don’t know remains

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The energy garden… Beautiful.

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Very helpful! Thank you for this wonderful instruction!

Zen is just sitting to let things settle down and dissolve away

Love to everybody, love you all fellow travellevers, love you

Thank you for this.

This was really helpful! I love that you Zen begins with curiosity and wonder"!

Thank you very much for this introductory zen video.🛐

Dao is Wey😁zen is balance and is possible one day to rain

Very interesting.

12:14 I found that mantra to be very helpful in my day to day when I get sidetracked. Thanks!

thanks for knowlegde

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Hi can you guys explain to me the possible dangers of emptiness or experiencing the falling away of self? Such as how some say being "drunk on emptiness" what is that?

Halfway throughout your presentation, but I must say, excellent description of the Zen experience without encumbering the viewer with grand conceptualization. Eloquence is never truthful, the truth is never eloquent.

If you're practicing Zen, are you practicing Zen?

Thank you for this excellent knowledge. I am a beginner in zen and have some questions. Is there a way I can contact you or one of your fellow teachers thank you

~who is meditating when "I" begins to dissolve?~

I've wanted to join a local zen center for a long time, but after taking their online classes I just can't retain the knowledge. It's mostly history that I have trouble with not the actual buhddist stuff.

With a open heart, opened the arms, now let there be hugging , blows, swords cutting through the flesh , yes, yes to whatever appear, yes yes to that which disappear, happy, rejoicing ,stark naked ,nothing to coverup ,sweet end of the carving to wear.

Paul? Who is this Paul you keep referring to?

참선 배워가 내도 지도법사 할랍니더 할!

Started sitting...thoughts coming and going...nothing to see here move along now...ok keep going....then there would be times when it seemed like was going down beneath the Grand Central Station of coming and going to spaces...but the thing is out of these spaces would come what seemed to be patterns....not so much thoughts but clusters of who knows what but sensed that these things are what's driving and creating realities....most were akward and confused and have an air of uncertainty about them....and the real kicker is that they seemed surprised to be found out....like I said not fun but something told me to just hang out with them...do nothing...like someone who is having a challenging acid trip you just kind of stay with them not offering any advice and whatever way they go you just be ok with that....then the bell rings and poof....so...we shall see.

Are you 100% sure you have everlasting life?

なむあみだぶつ

Lol, he never got around to talking about chanting, did he?

Monk you need a haircut

I work with disabled folks. As Soeng describes the Zen mind, I see this in left brain stroke sufferer. in the other non Zen mind, it's the right brain stroke victim. Zen practice restores the right brain participation. IF our education models did not damage the right brain/whole brain development Zen would not be necessary in adulthood. Zen restores what the society destroys by design. Zen must leave the temple and work to restore the social institutions. Zen should work to render itself obsolete by restoring the natural self that is born in Zen.