Student Sharing

Over the course of ten Compass of Zen classes, a student has begun to recognize the karmic entanglement with their mother. Since childhood, there was a deep yearning for her approval, which led to discomfort in spending time with her alone. Through the teachings, the student has come to see that the root of this suffering lies in attachment to the concepts of “I,” “mine,” and “me.” During a recent lunch with the mother, the student consciously chose to perceive her simply as she is—without the habitual lens of insecurity, ego, or verbal aggression.

        

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Photo: Zen Master Dae Kwan
Text: Francis Lau

One day a few years back, Sifu (Zen Master Dae Kwan) was swiping her phone as if she was looking for something, before showing me a picture she had taken. “Wow” was my immediate response and I couldn’t help saying: “Please take more! I hope someday we can turn your work into a photo book.”

COVID-19 — an invisible virus that brought our world on a halt.

COVID-19 has brought about many big changes in everyone’s life. With the widespread loss of jobs, new groups of people are joining the poverty line. In 2021, Su Bong Zen Monastery raised some funds and worked with different organizations to distribute vegetarian lunchboxes and daily necessities to the needy. More than eleven times, Zen Master Dae Kwan, together with the sunims and volunteers, distributed more than 8,500 lunchboxes to the elderly, the poor, and the homeless.

I had the precious opportunity of joining the 1,000-People Meditation in the recent years, and the experience was invaluable.

The year 2020: Myong Hae Sunim passed away.