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The Story of Sul – An excerpt from Dropping Ashes On the Buddha

The Story of Sul. The Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn by Stephen Mitchell “The Great Way is not difficult if you do not make distinctions. Only throw away likes and dislikes, and everything will be perfectly clear.”― Stephen Mitchell. This excerpt is a quoted passage from the classic Zen book, Dropping Ashes on the Buddha …

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Birds and Buddha Nature: Unraveling the Feathered Zen Masters

Birds and Buddha nature. “When the Sun of compassion arises, darkness evaporates and the singing birds come from nowhere.”― Amit Ray  I’ve always found birds fascinating. Even as a kid growing up in Haiti, I’d spend hours just watching them. Sometimes, my friends and I would go bird hunting to kill time—not something I enjoyed …

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