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What is Zen?

- by Zen Master Wu Jue Miao Tian, translated by Donald and Ronald

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Sincere revealing is Zen.

Purity, the utmost goodness, and perfection are also Zen.

Zen is the original essence of all lives in the universe.

Zen is the mother light of every life.

Zen is to transcend oneself and help others accomplish.

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1. Zen is beyond words and logic; it can only be experienced and lived.

2. Zen can improve one's health and temperament, and regain one's innocence and wisdom.

3. Zen is the supernatural energy connecting people. Zen is the core of family and love, as well as the driving force behind any enterprise.

4. Zen can purify the human and the society. Zen helps to achieve prosperous and safe societies and countries.

5. Zen is the light of peace; it reduces confrontation and creates world peace.

6. Zen is the beacon in the darkness, the inner light of wisdom that breaks one's ignorance.

7. Zen has the incredible power of reviving the dead.

8. Zen is the light of supreme wisdom, ability and life, which can be witnessed by Zen practitioners.

9. Zen is the way of nature, or the path of reality. Only through it can one attain eternity.

10. Zen is the world of the truth, the goodness and the beauty. It is the heaven, as well as the Buddha land.

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