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What is Zen?

 zm0131-131_new Student: Master, What is Zen? Master: Do you know where the wind comes from? If you know that means you are awakened. If you…

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Master Your Living and Dying

  Student:What is living and dying? Master:When thoughts…

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Simple Solutions for Parents

A simple answer to a hard age-old question and a good introduction to Zen for children

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Going to Sleep on the Self

You do something because a thought came to you. It came to you because you saw others do something. Since your thought is a product of another's thought and your action is a product of another's action, where is the real you in this picture? This is how we go to sleep to our true Self. We think and act unconsciously, like tennis balls bouncing off somebody else's racket and wall. The question is…

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Cover the Eyes

One day, a monk noticed that Zen Master Yao-shan was reading the sutra. "Master, you normally don't allow us to read sutra. Why are you reading sutra yourself?" The monk asked. "Oh, I read only to cover my eyes." "So can I do that too?" The monk asked. Master Yao-shan said to the monk: "For you, you must see through cowhides."

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Movement and Stillness

Student: What is the difference between a mundane person and a practitioner?
Master: When…

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Positive Relationship

Student: Should we have all the…

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Can you live without past, present, and future?

Before you have this thought, you already are. After this thought goes away, you still are. No thought can add or subtract anything from your true nature. Before encountering this situation, you already are. After it is over, you still are. No situation can actually trapped you because your essence is free and transcends past, present, and future. The question is: can you live without past, present,…

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Open the Mind, Open the Realm

  Student: Master, you mentioned about opening your mind in order to open the realm.  How do we open our mind?" Master:…

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Better Mind, Better Phenomena

Student: Master, on a very down to the earth level, we create phenomena by decisions we make.  Is that correct?  For example, we…

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  • Ego

    pic010 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.…

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    Pure Mind

    k4 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.…

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    Right Understanding

    pic200 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…

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    Houston Events

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

     

    Master Miao Tsan at Women’s Institute of Houston

     

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    Houston Events

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

     

    Master Miao Tsan at Women’s Institute of Houston

     

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    Lecture Excerpts

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

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    Lecture Excerpts

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

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    Flyers & Publications

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

    University of St. Thomas 2014 Flyer

    Bauer…

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