Master’s Words
by Master Miao Tsan
November 13, 2020
The great spirit shall attest that my intention of offering Seven Verses For A Sangha is not for personal profit and fame.
November 13, 2020
Ultimate Truth has its basis in the Mind,
Mind Dharma has its basis in non-abiding;
The Non-abiding Mind Essence is
Clear awareness without obscuration.
October 23, 2020
In the waning period of the Dharma, material greed overflows and the principle and truth have lost their primacy and rightful place.
May 13, 2020
Life is short-lived, the world is impermanent. Every living person, from the moment of birth, is marching step by step towards death, the unavoidable event for all living beings.
January 14, 2018
In the mundane world, we are always attached to phenomena created by the mind. These become our habitual thoughts, our habits. So in zen Buddhism, to be enlightened you have to be enlightened to this formless mind.
January 8, 2018
In zen we say you are enlightened to the hat of the mind or the source of the mind. Phenomena keep changing means that your mind your thoughts keep changing.
March 2, 2013
Following the Sangha, choose wisely a good role model and follow in their footsteps so that the mind is calm without craving.
February 5, 2013
To practice is to start from our perception. Perception is the most important concept. Perception is a certain way of seeing things, a way of thinking, and it is also the basis for behavior. Where someone will go, what he will do, situations and people he will bump into, the occurrence of phenomena, all happen one step at a time.