Jung Myung Sa

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  • "Be no-self rather than be yourself"

    “Cunda, as to those various views that arise in the world associated either with doctrines of a self or with doctrines about the world: if [the object] in relation to which those views arise, which they underlie, and which they are exercised upon is seen as it actually is with proper wisdom thus: ‘This is…

  • Buddhist Faith – Be honest, humble, and open and do not believe without thinking carefully.

    “The brahmins honor this not only out of faith, Master Gotama. They also honor it as oral tradition.” “Bhāradvāja, first you took your stand on faith, now you speak of oral tradition. There are five things, Bhāradvāja, that may turn out in two different ways here and now. What five? Faith, approval, oral tradition, reasoned…

  • Heart Sutra English Translation

    Translated by  Doshine Avalokiteshvara,when practicing the profound perfection of wisdom,did light up and saw thatfive aggregates were of emptinessand he overcame all suffering and misfortune.  Sariputra!Form is emptinessand emptiness is form.Form is not other than emptinessand emptiness is not other than form.So is the same for feeling,perception, mental formation,and consciousness. Sariputra!The mark of emptiness of…

  • "Making Buddhism" by Loving-Kindness Meditation.

  • No God, but Many Gods in Buddhism

    “And while this discourse was being spoken, there arose in “the Venerable Kondañña the dust-free, stainless vision of the Dhamma: “Whatever is subject to origination is all subject to cessation.” And when the Wheel of the Dhamma had been set in motion by the Blessed One, the earth-dwelling devas raised a cry: “At Bārāṇasī, in…

  • Budhism should be regarded as a religion among many.

    “Bhante, there are some ascetics and brahmins who come to Kesaputta. They explain and elucidate their own doctrines, but disparage, denigrate, deride, and denounce the doctrines of others. But then some other ascetics and brahmins come to Kesaputta, [189] and they too explain and elucidate their own doctrines, but disparage, denigrate, deride, and denounce the…

  • The Root of All Things – M1

    “Bhikkhus, I shall teach you a discourse on the root of all things. Listen and attend closely to what I shall say.” … “Here, bhikkhus, an untaught ordinary person, who has no regard for noble ones and is unskilled and undisciplined in their Dhamma, who has no regard for true men and is unskilled and undisciplined…

  • Teach the Dhamma in the World for the Happiness of People

    Bhikkhus, I am freed from all snares, both celestial and human. You too, bhikkhus, are freed from all snares, both celestial and human. Wander forth, O bhikkhus, for the welfare of the multitude, for the happiness of the multitude, out of compassion for the world, for the good, welfare, and happiness of devas and humans.…

  • Weekly Dharma Service

    Weekly Public Service Every Saturday 9:30am- 11:30am “By offering weekly public service, we would like to share the wisdom of what the Buddha taught. With pleasure, we invite everyone, who wants to make Buddhism together in this land.” Every Saturday, 9:30 to 11:30AM Part One – 9:30 to 10:15am  Meditation Part two – 10:30 to…

  • Is really the quantity of friends matter?

    Picture – Dear Friend Ilheon sunim “Moggallāna, I do not praise bonding with everyone whatsoever, nor do I praise bonding with no one at all. I do not praise bonding with householders or monastics, but I do praise bonding with quiet and noiseless lodging far from the flurry of people, remote from human habitation, and…

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