In the past, when Sifu visited Luang Por, she would explain to him Zen Master Seung Sahn’s teachings, as recorded in the Compass of Zen. Luang Por appreciated Zen Master Seung Sahn’s teaching very much.
One time, a Hong Kong student asked Luang Por: “Do you understand Zen Master Seung Sahn’s teaching?”
Upon hearing this, Luang Por immediately stood up, placed his palms together and said: “How may I help you?”
Comment:
The Buddha gave us 84,000 teachings, and there are different schools of Buddhism, such as Mahayana, Theravada and Tibetan Buddhism. Zen Master Seung Sahn used to give this example: if you want to go from Hong Kong to Beijing, you may walk or take a car, a train, or an airplane. The tools are different, but the destination is the same. For a true practitioner these traditions are not a hindrance, because these traditions are pointing directly to the mind. This mind is for all beings and is not about my way.
