Wanting Enlightenment Is a Big Mistake by Hyon Gak

Wanting Enlightenment Is a Big Mistake by Hyon Gak

A major figure in the transmission of Zen to the West, Zen Master Seung Sahn was known for his powerful teaching style, which was direct, surprising, and often humorous. He taught that Zen is not about achieving a goal, but about acting spontaneously from don't-know mind. It is from this before-thinking nature, he taught, that true compassion and the desire to serve others naturally arises. This collection of teaching stories, talks, and spontaneous dialogues with students offers readers a fresh and immediate encounter with one of the great Zen masters of the twentieth century.

Zen Master Seung Sahn (1927-2004), who had already built temples in Japan and Hong Kong, was the first to bring Korean Zen Buddhism to America. In 1972, he arrived in the United States and founded the Providence Zen Center, the first center of the Kwan Um School of Zen, which now has over eighty centers and groups around the world. His pupils dubbed him Dae Soen Sa Nim, Great Honored Zen Master, and he was the 78th Zen master in the Chogye order of Korean Buddhism's line of dharma transmission. The Compass of Zen, Dropping Ashes on the Buddha, Only Don't Know, and The Entire World Is a One Flower: 365 Kong-ans for Daily Life are some of his books.

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ISBN 13	9781590303405
ISBN 10	1590303407
Title	Wanting Enlightenment Is a Big Mistake
Author	Hyon Gak
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Shambhala Publications Inc
Year published	2006-08-08
Number of pages	224
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