wakeup - tribute to zen master seung sahn
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WAKE UP!TRIBUTE TO
GREAT ZEN MASTER SEUNG SAHN
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Why Wake Up?
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At present our planet has many problems.
Our political, economic, religious, and social systems are complicated,
confused and antagonistic.
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What is the reason
for this ?
An eminent teacher once said:
The Great Way is not difficult.
Just don’t pick and choose,
If you cut off all likes or dislikes,
Everything is clear like space.
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Everybody nowadays has strong likes
and dislikes.People have lost the true nature of love and
compassion and have become entangled in their “I-my-me” mind.
This selfish mind makes my opinion, my condition, and my situation.So we have a world of discord and hostility,
where people inevitably fight with each other.
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How can we correct
this critical situation ?
How can we restore Harmony
and attain World Peace?
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World peace is very simple.
The first step is to make harmony with yourself.
Within this harmony your energy can connect with everyone's energy.
Then a balance appears.
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That is very easy,but it is also very difficult.
If we can take away our opinion, condition, and situation and put it all
down, then it is very easy. This means cutting off our selfish thinking
and letting our minds become open and clear.
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Keep an Open and Clear Mind is very important!
Then, without holding we can think, speak, and act harmoniously.
“ How may I help you?” will appear naturally by itself.
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Without separating from each other,
together we can use our wisdom and compassion to help all people.
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Put it all down!
If we are holding something,
checking something, wanting
something, or attached to something,
then we can never find the
correct way, the truth, and correct life.
We must put it all down!
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You are the Universe, the Universe is You,
This is our human nature’s substance.
When you put it all down,then Inside and Outside become One
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Your mind is clear like space, is like a clear mirror, only reflects.
When red comes red colour; white comes white. There is no holding.
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If you keep this mind 100%, then you see truth. The sky is blue. The tree is green.
Everything as it is, is the truth.
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Moment to moment, you must perceive your correct
situation, correct relationship, and correct function.
How do you use this truth to make a correct life?
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If we wake up to
our human nature,
Then true Love, Compassion and
Wisdom appear by themselves.
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Bodhisattva Action
If someone is hungry, give them food.
If someone is thirsty, give them drink.
If someone is suffering, please help them!
This is called the Great Bodhisattva Way!
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The Human Route
Coming empty-handed,
going empty-handed,
that is human.
None of us can escape from that!
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What is Human Being'sOriginal Job?
So we must wake up to our true natureand save all sentient beings
from suffering.
This is our human being's Original Job.
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I hope you
only go straight—don’t know,
Keep a mind that is clear like space,
soon get Enlightenment,
and save all beings from suffering.
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Very soft is true strength
With harmony comes luck
Goodness brings you virtueFollowing the situation you get happiness
Forbearance will make you a great person
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GREAT ZEN MASTER SEUNG SAHN
Great Zen Master Seung Sahn (1927 – 2004) was the first Korean
Zen Master to spread the dharma in the West and all over the world.
He established the International Kwan Um School of Zen
to encourage people to practice together, attain their true selves,
and save all beings from suffering.
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To learn more about Zen Master Seung Sahn's teaching, please visit
the website of
International Kwan Um School of Zen
http://kwanumzen.org
produced by Su Bong Zen Monastery, Hong Kong
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