Do you agree with me that as times change, cause and effect also changes? But the suffering doesn’t change, right?
In the end, actually, the teachings come back to the big question, and they come back to don’t-know. No matter how society changes, how much the situation and cause-and-effect changes, in the end all suffering comes from this I-my-me—that is, it comes from our thinking. If we see the thinking is nonstop, then actually we have already attained this clarity inside. When we bring people back to this moment, that’s important. It’s not about any answer for kong-ans, and I think this is the way we are going to continue to teach and continue to share with people. No matter how changed this world is, we just use whatever kind of situation, whatever happens in front of us. We use our don't-know to teach and share with people.
- Bon-Sun Sunim JDPS, July 14, 2024