What is right understanding? The right understanding is the realization that when you change and elevate your mind, everything in your environment changes. You will…

Reality is reality. Reality is like your hands, which are yours alone. If your hands are rough, what can you do? You can not get…

If truth is on the other shore of the river, how do we reach it? To realize the truth, you must see every single thought that arises…

A student asked me, "Master, how can I let go of my attachments? If I let go, what will be left?" Consider the moon and the star. They continue to light…

People often say, "I am who I am" but most people don't know their true self. It is more accurate to say that it is you who make yourself this way, instead of saying this way is who you are.…

Master Dao Qian was the attendant of the abbot, Master Shi Shuang. After Master Shi Shuang's passing, the community asked the head monk to accept abbotship. Master Dao Qian reminded the assembly, "He must have a grasp of the abbot's teaching before we can accept him." The head monk asked, "What is the teaching of the Abbot?" Dao Qian said, "The abbot used to say,

Cease, begone! Rest,…

Once a Zen master was invited to bless a grandfather's birthday celebration. The Master wrote, "Grandfather dies, father dies; son dies, grandson dies." The grandfather…

When you think someone or something is annoying, the truth is that "you" make him annoying and "you" make the situation an issue and suffer in it; the "annoying" person may not…

Student: Master, you say about the moon in the water.  So the mind is the moon or water? Master: The mind is…

People want enlightenment, but it is more accurate to say that what they want is to know the person who wants enlightenment. Do not see enlightenment as a kind of experience, otherwise it will not have much meaning. Like any experience, it will go away. And you are left with nothing. If you know who wants enlightenment then you also know who suffered, and then you also know who caused the suffering.…

The "I" represents the ego. The ego is the beginning of duality. And duality means separating inside and outside, self and others. So, dualistic thinking indicates the presence of ego.…

If you focus your cultivation on the mind, you can eventually find peace. A peaceful mind will bring forth a better reality. If you have peace, you will know how to make better decisions.…

When an undesirable situation occurs and you blame someone else, this is the wrong understand of reality. Without the , you will naturally assume that someone else has caused…

 Master Miao Tsan at St Paul’s Methodist Church 2014 Event

Master Miao Tsan at Women’s Institute of Houston

 Master Miao Tsan at St Paul’s Methodist Church 2014 Event

Master Miao Tsan at Women’s Institute of Houston

Miao Tsan on “The Paradox of Love”
at Christ Church Cathedral, Houston

Miao Tsan on “The Paradox of Love”
at Christ Church Cathedral, Houston

Friends of Integrative Medicine at M.D. Anderson CancerCenter 2014 Flyer

University of St. Thomas 2014 Flyer

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