Just Use This Mind

An important principle in Zen is that everyone possesses a Mind that can generate thoughts, regardless of whether a person is a Buddha, a sage, or a mundane person.  Nevertheless, there is a major distinction between the mental functioning of animals, mundane people, and enlightened sages. Actually, there is a huge gap between them.  Animals [...]

Ｍost people are lost in a world of illusion, ego, and irrational emotion. Thoughts without a master are very easily lured away by outside phenomena. As a result, thoughts are aimless and never connect with their Source, the Pure Mind. When life is lived from an undisciplined mind, existence becomes a succession of homeless, wandering [...]

The capacity of the Pure Mind is incalculable and infinite.  Think of it this way – our Mind and thoughts are energy, and like energy, have no boundaries. Thoughts condense and manifest in reality.  Each Individual thought is part of the whole universe because our Pure Mind manifests the universe too. In fact, everything in [...]

When someone begins learning Zen, he/she should start by learning meditation.  Meditation provides practitioners with the ideal opportunity to gain awareness of their Mind by recognizing and exerting control over their habitual thoughts.  More importantly, with continued practice, they eventually understand that while meditating and practicing, they are actually on a journey home – on [...]

The essence of  life is that everyone possesses a Mind that can generate any variety of thoughts and manifestations.  Each person possesses this same innate gift and power.  We all have the  ability to generate thoughts that dictate the quality of our life and karmic conditions.  The Mind creates  our life, our world, our universe, and future existence.   The [...]

Finding Your Way Home… The practice of Zen provides practitioners to live according to the Pure Mind by breaking through the ego,  the self-attachments, and the habitual thinking patterns.  Until we learn to master our Mind and thoughts, we are slaves to ego and external distractions.  ~ Rev. Master  Miao Tsan (Jian Liao)

- Everyone is the farmer of his/her own land.    One harvests what one has sown.  – You are not what you think you are.    You are what you are attached to. ~ Rev. Maser  Miao Tsan (Jian Liao)