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and was to be redirected so that it would By Soeng Sunim, Abbot of Diamond Hill Monastery go meditation hall at Su Dok Sa. The Women around the new hall. Since an enormous were quartered nearby in slightly larger ac­ Assisted by Richard Streitfeld, Director of Kwan Urn Zen hole had been dug down to nearly 30 feet, commodations at Kyon Seong Am, the School the massive hall seemed to float in the air ate in . nuns' temple. We all together the with a mysterious power. Even though it meditation hall, our numbers overflowing A narrative in A beginning ugust of the year 1987, in which a warm and hectic was pilgri­ only half-finished and the sides were out onto the porches of the hall as well. to the land mage faraway of is depicted, wherein some 75 Zen stu­ still we were to have our intrepid open, conference The opening ceremony for the conference dents and teachers from North and South America, Western Poland and in hall. Europe, this was at 10 in the morning. On a raised dais, Korea gathered to celebrate their teacher's attainment mortal ofsixty years, andfur­ We were very fortunate to be joined on Soen Sa Nim sat with Won Dam Sunim thermore in enduring several adventures within encountered a strange subcultures, the trip by some other very prominent (resident at Su Dok Sa), rare glimpse of unity among diversity. teachers besides Soen Sa Nim. The Vener­ Maezumi Roshi, Kwong Roshi, Maha able Taizen Maezumi Roshi, and old friend Ghosananda and Ji Kwang Poep Sa Nim on There have been to timers couldn't introduced to a of came group pilgrimages help being Soen Sa Nim's, from Zen Center of the upper tier. On the lower tier were our before in our new subculture of , because at Los Angeles, Jakusho Kwong Roshi and his six Master teachers, Monks and this hour a monk walks around the school, usually every other year. However, temple wife Laura, both dear friends of our nuns from all over the mountains and near­ the 1987 tour a rush "The Ten Thousand came from Sonoma Mountain August brought special compound chanting , Zen by cities came for this ceremony. Each of

of not because we were and Hands Surra" with a moktak , The anticipation, only Eyes Center in northern California. Ven. Maha the teachers gave a short talk about the to celebrate Soen Sa Nim's 60th familiar chant has a different here. going melody Ghosananda, leader of the Cambodian theme, "The whole world is a single on a scale in his native coun­ The stillness of the " birthday grand early morning gave Buddhist community in America and a near flower. They were followed by representa­ chant a and try, but also because of the urgency in Ko­ mystery enchantment rarely neighbor in Providence, R. I., was with us tives from each of the countries represented rea's situation. All and sum­ in America. political spring experienced as was Ji Kwang Poep Sa Nim (Dr. Choi), in our party, who were asked to use only mer. TV showed the Breakfast in the ensured that anti-government morning primary teacher of the KUZS European one action or one word to express the newcomers understood were in a dif­ they contingent and also a teacher in Hawaii. Six theme. ferent culture. Portable tables were folding of the seven Master Dharma Teachers in the In the afternoon and on the next day, the into the our brought "kunbang," sleep­ School were travelling with us, as were teachers offered workshops built around ing/living/practicing area, followed by all of the monks. nearly KUZS specific topics. These were times, of solid was the first of a series of identical what Our arrival at Su Dok Sa was a preview teaching and dialoging with the teachers. In meals: white rice, soup, side we to kimchee, of the etiquette were follow at each of the evening we celebrated Soen Sa Nim's dishes and condiments. The guessing game the many temples we were to visit in subse­ 60th birthday in "Su Dok Sa family" style. of the was to what new side trip speculate quent days. Immediately upon arrival we Many of the Korean monks and nuns dishes we would get at meals, of went to the main Buddha "special" hall, bowed three joined for this festivity and it was a fun­ which there were The of these many. variety times to the altar and chanted the Heart filled, happy event with people singing dishes was and end­ in If the Abbot tantalizing apparently Korean. and/or resi­ songs of their native countries. A Korean less. Nuns' were famous temples especially dent Zen Master were available, we bowed singer who is a "national cultural treasure" for many of them to their to them as well. In most supplying three times Buddha gave a virtuoso performance. More than visitors. While the structure of the meal was our was able to halls, large group barely any other event of the trip, it was here that and the meals were de­ simple functional, squeeze itself in, The Buddha hall at Su the whole world seemed to manifest itself as licious and also choiceless, Unanimous agreement: we ate well. Our first day in Korea was for acclima­ tization. Some people went in town for a more intimate contact with the shopping district of Seoul. Soen Sa Nim and all the monks went to KBS studios, the nation's leading TV station, and sat for nearly four hours under hot kleig lights while an inter­ view was taped with Seen Sa Nim and the host of Korea's leading talk show, the Ko­ rean equivalent of Johnny Carson but cut from a Confucian mold! That evening the Temple dragon. Photo by Karen Ryder European contingent arrived via Hawaii, chaperoned by Do Mun Sunim from the derrionsirations tnthe streets' of rriajor Ko­ Paris Zen C�nter. There were now about 75 rean cities. There was speculation that of us from all over North and South Amer­ martial law might be imposed. If things got ica, Western Europe, Poland and Korea. worse, we might not be able to go there at The next day we packed up and crowded all. Then came the remarkable two to to Dok about political . into buses drive Su Sa, concessions by the Korean government, and a four-hour ride. This temple, situated on a cautious euphoria. We could go after all!! Duk Seung Sahn Mountain, is one of four Our first encounter with the new political "chongnims," or teaching temples of the reality came literally with our first steps on Chogye Order. Soen Sa Nim trained here as handlers to un­ Korean soil. There were no a young monk and considers it to be the load our baggage from the airplane - they root-temple of the American Kwan Urn Zen were on strike. Until a few months ago, Ko­ School. Up further on the mountain is tiny rea was run along assembly lines that would Jeung Hae Sa temple, Both of these temples have made the first Henry Ford beam with were associated with Zen Master Mang joy. Now there were strikes, workers' Gong, who in the I 93.o's and .�940's almost unions! Some of us empathized with the single-handedly .revived Korean, Buddhism. workers' demands despite our discomfort.' Nearby was Kyong Seong Am, one of the Planeload after planeload of passengers largest nunneries in Korea, also established DIFFERENT ZEN TRADITIONS walked together at Zen Master Seung Sahn's arrived at Kimpo Airport, danced into the by Mang Gong Sunim. The large temples 60th birthday celebration in Korea last September. From left, Jakusho Kwong, Roshi baggage retrieval area with expectant steps and the small hermitages on this mountain of Sonoma Mountain Zen Center; Soen Sa Nim, and 'Taizen Maezumi, Roshi Zen Center Los and became part of a restless, irritated are all paeans to his spirit. Even the theme of of Angeles. In the background is Kwan Um Zen School Abbot multitude. We waited six hours for our bags for our conference at Su Dok Sa - "The Jacob Perl.

to be unloaded. Our tired, patient hosts whole world is a single flower" - comes Dok Sa was awesome in its history, first a single flower. also waited, on the other side of the cus­ from one of Mang Gong Sunim's famous built in 600 AD on this very site! Last re­ The conference closed with a ceremony toms barrier. One unexpected result of the sayings. For our first-timers, it was a built in the 13th century, it is one of the adopting a resolution which expressed the Los box on delay was that our New York and glimpse into Korean temple life as it .has very few Buddhist sites in Korea not sentiment of the assembly. (see p. 6) Angeles contingents converged at the been carried on for nearly a thousand years, destroyed during the Japanese invasions of The next day was the showpiece of our airport. Above all, it was � monks' community with 1592 and 1598. Chanting in these old Bud­ trip, "the Peace Symposium" at the Hyatt We were finally driven to Hwa Gye Sah, its own well-established rules and dha halls always seemed to add a new Regency Hotel in Seoul, another slice of of our host temple on the outskirts Seoul, regulations. dimension of energy and power. Korean culture quite different from the for Dok where Soen Sa Nim was the Abbot Since Su Dok Sa received the status of a We were at Su Dok Sa for two days. The simple mountain environment at Su some of us many years. Arriving at 2 a.m., chongnim only recently, it was still renovat­ men in our group stayed in a very small Sa. Here there were layers of contemporary had not slept in 36 hours. As a rare conces­ ing and expanding. A huge new two-story sion to our situation, we did not have to get meditation hall was under construction. up at 4:30 a.m. for practice. Even so, first- The mountain stream had been dammed S'EVEN-DAY RETREAT WITH

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The huge hall of seek personal comfort and satisfaction the hotel was overflowing with an estimated without indulging in an ascetic martyrdom? crowd of 2000 to 2500 people. About half Making a commitment to world peace must of were the " them monks and ... nuns, other begin on a personal level. half were laypeople who form the core of Following the speakers, representatives popular Korean. Buddhism. The syposium from each country came up to the stage as was organized under the auspices of "The before and expressed in various ways the International Buddhist Symposium for conference theme. The first half of this World Peace and Uni fication of North and symposium closed by our adopting the South Korea." same resolution we had adopted at Su Dok All of the distinguished teachers who Sa, only this time it reached a much larger were present at Su Dok Sa were here, in ad­ number of people. dition to many other dignitaries: the Presi­ The second half of the symposium dent of Korea's Chogye Order, the Presi­ marked the publication of a big new Korean dent of Korea's Taego Order (order of mar­ biography of Soen Sa Nim compiled and ried monks and nuns), the President of the produced by Dr. Han, a former Taego Buddhist Association in Korea's National monk and now a lay Buddhist teacher. Dr. Assembly (also a member of Korea's parlia­ Han was emcee for this part of the symposi­ ment and leader of the Buddhist political um and went through the highlights of Soen party), and the President of the Korean Sa Nim's life. The book was a massive Association. Young People Buddhist document, about 700 pages long and weigh­ "The purpose of the symposium was to ing 5 Ibs! Since none of us in the American­ 'continue the theme of "The whole world is European contingent could read or under­ a single flower." In Hwan Sunim, an old stand Korean, it all seemed rather mysti­ friend of KUZS and a professor at fying. Sah in Korea Photo by Karen Ryder Dongguk (Buddhist) University, was one of The President of the Chogye Order gave Bulguk temple .. the keynote speakers. He was so short a a talk in which he regretted the fact that the Chogye headquarters. It was an enormous built in 751. Dating from Silla dynasty, footstool had to be brought for him to Chogye Order was not able to provide colorful hall, at any time of the day full of these steps are the only remaining parts of stand on so that he could reach the micro­ much support for Soen Sa Nim while he bosal nims (devout ladies) who came from the original temple, which has been rebuilt phone. He took it in good humor. labored single-handedly in the early 1970's all over town to offer prayers here. In the several times since then. Up on the moun­ Robert Genthner, Abbot of the Lexing­ to bring to America. headquarters building next door, we had a tainside we visited the grotto housing the ton Zen Center in Kentucky, was the other Jacob Perl, Abbot of the American KUZS, little ceremony in which Soen Sa Nim was famous Sokurram Buddha, probably the keynote speaker. An excerpt from his talk presented two gifts to Soen Sa Nim on be­ again felicitated and gifts were exchanged. finest example of Buddhist sculpture in follows. half of the international One was a , ' sangha. at I Lunch was the large nunnery, Bo Mun East Asia. The huge granite Buddha has an Sa, not far from downtown. In the after­ unmatched serenity and power about it. noon we visited Don Guk University, Soen Late in the afternoon we arrived at Mun Sa Nim's alma mater, and chanted the heart Su Am. No one in our party had been to . Sutra in the Buddha hall of the university's this small temple before. We had no idea of famous temple. what lay in store for us. Passing through the Next morning we packed up again and port' city of Ulsan, home of the huge left on a 5-day tour of Korean temples. Ev­ Hyundai plants, the giant ship and auto eryone had been looking forward to this maker, we passed street demonstrations. In part of the trip and since Su Dok Sa, had our hectic movement from temple to tem­ wanted to see more mountain temples. ple, we had had no sense of the tremendous Since our time was short, we visited mostly political changes taking place all around us the better known and larger temples rather - here was our second big whiff of the new than small temples hidden in inaccessible political reality. mountains. First stop was at Poep Ju Sa, In this part of Korea, heavy summer rains one of the six major temples in Korea. We had caused extensive damage to crops and had a delicious lunch there. The enormous roads, also many people had died in the

, 'The massive Buddha hall seemed to float in the air with a mysterious power."

standing figure of Miruk Bosal (the floods. We stopped 'at a gas station and Buddha) which some of us had transferred to mini-wagons called seen on earlier trips, had been taken down "bongos" - ideal for mountain roads. We for repairs. In its place, the temple was expected the bongos to go directly to the " ..... world most people say they want hand-carved gold-engraved plaque with the building a new complex. It was sad to miss temple' gates; instead we were let off at a peace and they are probably sincere. Out inscription "Thank you for your teaching" this familiar landmark of Korean Bud- clearing in the middle of "nowhere. We of this desire become and in the of his various students. dhism. at on opinions ideas, languages , looked up the mountains and way up ideas become beliefs. Beliefs into was a with solidify The other huge quilt original Boarding the buses again, we headed for the cliffs people were waving at us. That systems that become exclusive, opposition­ squares made by Zen Centers and groups Haein Sa, the premier temple of the Chogye was Mun Su Am! the al, and destroy very peace-seeking that throughout the world [now on display in Order and-the largest training center for How would we get from here to there? their The world has the Dharma room at Providence Zen inspires development. monks. It houses the famous Tripitaka Ko­ Then we noticed the cables strung between no of ideas and for We scarcity plans peace. Center]. reana, a set of 81,258 wooden blocks carved the clearing and the cliffs; a bucket (a' con­ don't need another for our Then it was time. The ideology solving picture-taking in 1251. Originally carved as a national traption like a ski lift) travelled between the

And we what is dais. of - problems. so, might ask, crowd surged onto the Hundreds prayer for protection from the invading two points. Is that how we would go up in the out? Are we destined to soon as the way destroy flashbulbs exploded. As last Mongols, it is the oldestand best preserved ,a bucket? Some of us were excited by the ourselves with the we have was very ideologies picture taken, all the Koreans rushed Chinese translation of the entire Buddhist idea; others were scared. We soon found proposed to thwart destruction? off to the buffet tables: Within i:ninutes all canon. The building housing the blocks was' out ihat the bucket was just for carrying'

the solution lies not in more or . the' Perhaps food was gone! The Westerners, think­ in itself an engineering marvel. The air cir­ bags. The owners of the bags had to hike better for but in a to be had been about ideologies peace, willing­ ing polite, shy pushing culates in such a way that the wood does up to the temple. It was an exhilarating. ness to look at our own deeply personal themselves to get to the food; the result was not get worm-ridden or mildewed. No high­ 45-minute hike and when we got to the top, conflicts. on earth can Perhaps peace only they didn't get any. Everyone felt hungr-y tech replacement has yet been found for we found a long table laid out with snacks occur after each of us faces our own, and a little bewildered - to go hungry in a housing this famous collection. We were humanness, finding our own true nature luxury hotel like the Hyatt? housed in one of the sub-temple buildings, which is beyond duality. The next day was another sharp contrast. where Samyong Taesa, chief disciple of Continued on next page Once we realize the fundamental error of In the we visited the National morning Sosan ntesa and the military commander of ,r------. our and an end to 'dualistic thinking put it, Museum, housed in the old administrative a monks militia during the Japanese inva­ then seeking world peace is no longer neces­ headquarters of the Japanese Governor­ sions of 1592 and 1598, spent the last years SONOMA sary. There is a realization that the very General during the Occupation years. The of his life; . seeking is the' source of individuation, building seemed closer to an Italian renais­ We left Haein Sa the next morning and MOUNTAIN separation, and inevitably of conflict. sance palace than to anything oriental- tons arrived at Bul Guk Sa in time for lunch. Without unification not one separation, is of marble everywhere. Lunch and dinner This temple along with Haein Sa is of ZEN CENTER necessary. How do we go about facing our were at two of the ultra-deluxe, ultra-west­ the two temples most visited by tourists in • own opposition? The question arises: can ern hotels in Seoul. all of Korea. No Korean honeymoon is offers we have a willingness not to get caught up The following day we visited Chogye Sa complete unless the newlyweds have their in our own opinions, in our own desire to in downtown Seoul, the temple attached to picture taken in front of the marble steps RESIDENT &'GUEST PRACTICE PROGRAM

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A SINGLE FLOWER going up and down the cliff haul up all the ence and the mountains rollicking dancing. had dispersed. Only an Australian nun, Ji building materials? The logistics of human Next we to leave. continued from page 5 morning prepared Kwang Sunim, remained, living in a labor and material involved in building this After our had been down bags transported hermitage about a mile away from the main and juice. Weary travelers welcomed the cliff temple were just staggering. But Mun to the far we witnessed an clearing below, temple. As she traveled with us on our trip, liquid. Before our eyes was a spectacular Su Am is not unique - almost every small act of incredible One of the daring. young we were very grateful for her insights into view of the hills and we in the mountains evokes the same re­ valleys. Although temple men helping with the bucket lift grabbed Korean Buddhism and her command of the were not far from tbe crowded streets of sponse: awe at the dedication and hard , the cables and slid all the hold­ way down, language. We had a delicious dinner. For a Ulsan, we might as well have been on the labor of the people who built these temples. on with his hands! ing only change, sleeping accommodations were not other side of the moon. We wondered 'what motivated them. The next to visit was Do temple Tong Sa, crowded. We even had enough room to do In front of the was a We ate an extravagant then in temple big sign, meal, another of the "Three Jewels" temples Tai Chi exercises. Before we left the next "Welcome, International Buddhist Lead­ chanted. Squeezed into the Buddha hall, Korea. Haein Sa is the "Buddha's Words" morning, we were given copies of Ku Sahn ers." Did that mean us? We were here at our voices were one, and unified. strong temple (it has the Tripitaka). Song Gwang Sunim's books for our Zen Centers. It was the invitation of the Abbot, Chang Hae Later there was a party with more food and Sa is the "Buddha's Mind" temple (it has Sunim, an old friend of Soen Sa Nim's. treats from our hosts. Again people from been the premier Zen temple for nearly a They had met years ago while teaching in different countries sang songs. Maezumi thousand years). The "Buddha's Body" Hong Kong and had kept up their friend­ Roshi tried a solo Japanese melody and suc­ temple is Tong Do Sa - it houses the ship. The main Buddha hall, the only tem­ ceeded with a little help from In Ok Gibson "sariras" (supposed body remains/crystals ple building at the cliff, had a brand-new, and her sister. Kworg Roshi and Laura of the historical Buddha). It is also the larg­ mint condition interior. One could imagine Kwong sang a verse from "You Are My est temple complex in Korea. it being taken apart piece by piece and ship­ Sunshine." Even Soen Sa Nim got into the After lunch we went to Pusan (second . ped to New York to be recreated at the Met- act, contributing a melody from the Morn­ largest port city of Korea) and nearby Bo ropolitan Museum - nothing else would give ing Bell Chant. We even had the song that Mo Sa temple, a huge temple with a "life­ a better idea of Korean temple art. inspires the sisters at Bryn Mawr. The best time retreat" Zen hall. People enter this We wondered how they built something singers, however, were from Spain. Their hall with the vow that they will not leave like this way up here - did the single bucket last selection, "La Bamba," had the audi- unless they get enlightened. Access to the hall was restricted and we could not visit it. Resolution adopted by the Conference. On to Dae Won Sa in Pusan itself, our first exposure to a "neighborhood" temple. "This entire world is one and But very beautiful perfectly complete single flower. Its Abbot, who had invited us to stay for now this world has Political each other around many problems. ideologies oppose the night, was an old friend of Soen Sa the created a tense nuclear stalemate and the globe, having partition of countries, Nim's. The place was so small that it was like divided at the 38th also each other and Korea, parallel. Religions fight amongst beyond imagination how all of us were each Nations vie on themselves, claiming to be the truth. for economic supremacy going to find a place to sit, never mind li� the world market. Meanwhile, hundreds of millions of people die from starvation, down to sleep. Earlier in the day Mu Shim and So this world is sick. How can we revive disease, warfare. beautiful flower very Sunim, one of our American monks, had it? · been bitten by a poisonous snake. Before In this world, cause and effect are very clear. Everything has a primary cause, we retired, we chanted Kwan Seum Bosal and a result. Take the and it is to the result. condition, away cause, possible change for his recovery. Every nook and cranny of condition and situation is the cause all the Holding my opinion, my my primary of the temple was taken over by sleeping­ present world problems. Let go of my opinion, my condition, and my situation, and bagged figures, Despite the crowded condi­ the cause Then the correct correct situation and cor­ A at Hae In Sah primary disappears. condition, tions, the temple hospitality was wonderful temple painting temple. rect function appear and everything becomes harmonious. The sun, the moon, and and we took an emotional leave of the Ab­ a good visit, and the last temple on our stars, mountains and rivers, animals and human beings, all things become harmo­ bot the next morning. itinerary before going back to Seoul. nious and This is the true "the whole world is a perfectly complete. meaning of single Lunch was at Sang Gye Sa, a temple with " However, we stopped in Taejon City and flower. a under which was reputedly buried visited Sae Deung Son Won, a nun's tern-: To demonstrate this, people from countries all over the world have gathered here the head of Hui Neng, the Sixth Patriarch pie. The Abbot Sae Deung Sunim, received at Su Dok Sa's in Korea. The tense on the Korean temple confrontations peninsula of which a Korean monk was said to " Zen, "inka from Zen Master Ko Bong, Soen Sa make it a micro. cosm of the world crises: democracy or dictatorship, capitalism or have from China. Some of us had brought Nim's teacher and thus she is Soen Sa or traditional or eastern or western. communism, Christianity Buddhism, modern, been to China several years and visited ago Nim's Dharma sister. It was a The division North and South at the 38th is indeed the these always of parallel symbol of the Sixth Patriarch's temple where we pleasure to visit this temple, one of the opposites fighting each other in our mind. For the United States and the Soviet viewed the entire embalmed body of the largest nun's temples in Korea and one with Union to wake up and take responsibility for this tragic division, each.person must Patriarch. Did Hui Neng have two heads? wake and take legendary hospitality. up away this "opposite mind." Therefore, many international What was on here? going We arrived back. at Hwa Gye Sa late at people, practicing together, talking together, working together and eating together, Late in the afternoon we arrived at Song night - the last night in Seoul for most of not holding my opinion, my condition or my situation, taking away "opposite Gwang Sa, seeing heavy flood damage our In the morning the New York · party: t , mind;" can attain harmony and make world peace. f' along the way. A dam was being built near contingent would leave, in the afternoon A long time ago, Buddha sat atop Yong San mountain and picked up one flower. the temple and many villages had been re­ the Los Angeles contingent, and in the next One thousand two hundred disciples in the assembly did not understand the meaning located. On an earlier trip, Song Gwang Sa evening the European contingent would de­ of this. Only Mahakasyapa smiled. Buddha picked up the outside flower. Maha­ had seemed a study in timelessness. Now part. Only a few people were to remain be­ kasyapa attained the inside flower. Outside and inside thus became one flower. So jackhammers and caterpillar tractors were hind, including Soen Sa Nim, staying for everyone must find this flower, and attain the correct way, truth, and correct life. the order of the day with several buildings another week before going on to . After World War Two, great Zen Master Mang Gong picked up a flower, dipped renovation. The main Buddha hall " under The sangha was dispersing again to the four it in ink, and wrote the calligraphy, "The whole world is a single flo wer. Is that an had a renovation budget of a million dol­ directions. But for a few amazing days we inside or an outside flower? If you make outside or inside, you go to hell like an lars! This huge hall swallowed up even our had caught a glimpse of the whole world as arrow. But if you don't make outside or inside, you are bitten by the stone dog. large party in its vastness. a flower. Why? single When Ku Sahn Sunim was resident Zen Look! Look! "Spring wind blows. " Master here, there was a large sangha of Spring wind blows. Single flower blossoms. western monks. Since his death in 1983 they Single flower blossoms." 0

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