Dropping Ashes on the Buddha, The Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn

Dropping Ashes on the Buddha is a collection of Zen teachings, stories and conversations with Korean Zen Master Seung Sahn, compiled during his time teaching in the West. The book captures his signature style, which is direct and humorous. It…

Jan Sendzimir JDPSN: Letter to a student (2024)

Dear Peter, Thank you for your email. I regret that my reply is so late, but preparations to leave Europe for 5 months have kept us busy. The question of finding a direction for your life is fundamental. Your life, your sense of quality…

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Zen Day mit Knud Rosenmayr JDPSN

Knud Rosenmayr JDPSN: Four-String Guitar (2025)

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Dharma talk and Q&A after Zen Day on January 28, 2025 in Vienna. Thank you all for practicing together! The first question was about achieving strong concentration. This has to do with the energy we generate because, after a retreat,…
ZM Dae Kwang @ Vienna Zen Center 2022-07-15Vienna Zen Center

Zen Master Dae Kwang: Dharma speech in Vienna (2014)

Interview with Jo-Alma Potter JDPSN (2018)

In Februay 2018 Jo-Alma Potter was interviewed by the Austrian Buddhist Society (ÖBR) How did you get to the Dharma Path? Walking on the Dharma path is a moment by moment decision-ever-changing-- and as my life has progressed, the question…

Zen Master Hyon Ja: Hakuin’s Baby (Dharma Note)

Zen Master Hakuin lived in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. He is said to have created the now-famous question: “What is the sound of one hand clapping?” Hakuin believed that the understanding arising out of practice…

Zen Master Hyon Ja: Inside Outside: Who knows? (Dharma Note)

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Have you noticed that we often talk about Buddha as someone else? Strange to talk about yourself as if you are talking about someone else. Buddha is not someone you will someday be If you only practice hard enough maybe you will then be the…

Zen Master Hyon Ja: Sangha (Dharma Note)

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Sangha is a community of people sincerely wishing to find their true nature. We pay homage to the Buddha, The Dharma and the Sangha. Each a precious valuable jewel. Sangha is where all of us together fit. Buddha is your true nature. Dharma…