There is a well-known koan in the Chan tradition. Once, Chan Master Wenyan wished to test the depth of his...
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—A Gift to Readers Making a Pilgrimage to Mount Jiuhua The Gate of Emptiness is lonely; you long for home.Having...
That day, before beginning our service, the volunteers and I followed our usual routine of reviewing the visitation records. One...
Chan (Zen) Master Lingche of the Song Dynasty wrote a poem titled In Reply to a Student Monk: A monk...
In my many years of offering end-of-life care, one case in particular has remained unforgettable. It unfolded entirely through long-distance...
Written by: Yunkong Translated by: Tony Qin In the rolling dust of the mundane world, sentient beings exhaust themselves in...
One day, I entered a hospital ward and saw a patient lying quietly in bed. His chest and limbs were...
The Tang Dynasty poet Chang Jian often visited Zen temples alongside his literary peers, Wang Wei and Wang Changling. His...
True Suchness and Ignorance are two key terms that often appear in Buddhist sutras and treatises. Like light and darkness,...
One day, our temple received a call from a nearby hospital. The family of a terminally ill patient was asking...
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