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Raise the mind, one hundred flowers bloom Let go, clear like a mirror To raise and to let go In the mind understand no traces        

Hello, everyone. I have just returned from a brief visit to Vairocana Zen Monastery and my friend, Venerable Master Miao Tsan. Like each visit…

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

If our lives have difficulties in our relationships and other situations, it indicates that we are tied down by habitual thought patterns. So, we must open up a better reality. First, though, we must open our…