Hoo Nam Seelmann: Most Korean Buddhist temples are deep in the mountains, and the snims [a title used for Korean Buddhist nuns and monks] live in seclusion. So, temple food—which has a tradition going back more than 1,500 years—remains quite hidden from the view of...

‘The insight into emptiness and not-self does not negate the reality of our everyday experiences. Rather, it transforms the way we relate to them. From the perspective of clear awareness, we engage with life fully, but without attachment or aversion.’ Everyday...

“You can’t heal what you won’t allow yourself to feel.” ~Unknown I used to act strong all the time. On the outside, I looked like I had it all together. I was competent, composed, and capable. I was the one other people came to for advice or support. The stickiness...

‘The Buddha often likened his teachings to a raft — a means of crossing the river of suffering to reach the far shore of liberation. Once the far shore is reached, there is no need to carry the raft further.’ Everyday Buddhism

‘If we have wisdom then we'll be able to examine this natural mind of ours and use it as our subject of study.’ Ajahn Chah

‘The realisation of clear awareness is not an abstract or mystical state reserved for a select few. It is, in fact, our most natural state of mind, obscured only by the veil of conceptual thought and attachment to self.’ Everyday Buddhism

‘To those searching for ultimate reality, First one should say that everything exists; Later when they understand the meaning And are free of attachment, then teach the absence.’ Arya Nagarjuna

Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu introduces the Pāli word ‘atammayatā’ as something that might seem a little bit strange, but we’ve been traveling all over looking for it without even knowing it.

‘The person who has no preferences and has overcome all views, what would he be attached to in the world?’ Alagaddupama Sutta

‘The Buddha spoke of nirvana not as annihilation, but as the cessation of the fire of clinging. Likewise, atammayatā is not a negation of life, but the freedom to engage with it without being ensnared.’ Everyday Buddhism