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New Dharma talk collection

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I’m excited today because we have a new collection of Daehaeng Kun Sunim’s Dharma talks out! I’m not sure if “collection” is quite the right word, because it’s only two talks, lol. But it’s 158 pages, and there’s a lot to digest there. It should be more than enough to keep someone busy!

This is the combination of two previous Dharma talks that we first published in Korean/English editions. One was called, “Just set it all down,” and the other is “Trust yourself and the path appears.” Both are very nice talks.

On the one hand, the Korean/English format is popular in Korea, and it lets us get out a new Dharma talk soon after we finish translating it, but on the other hand, those are hard to make available to people outside of Korea. The Korean/English format doesn’t lend itself to an ebook format, and while it can, theoretically, be done as a print-on-demand format, it’s extremely time consuming.

But now just about anyone around the world can get these talks. The print edition is available through Amazon, and the ebook edition is available through just about every online store. And a huge shoutout to the cover designer, Su Yeon Park, who did an amazing job!

Print edition (Amazon)
Ebook edition (universal links)
Length: 158 pages
Price: $5.99 (ebook), $9.99 (paperback)

Here are the original books, in case you might already have these.

The new year

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Happy New Year, everyone!
I hope it has found you all well. Things have been a bit hectic the last year, with us doing a lot of translation work, and trying to get a lot more done during the year. We now have several great new books and Dharma talks that have been translated, and are awaiting their turn in the layout process. Within a month or two, we hope to have the new, revised edition of  My Heart is a Golden Buddha available on Amazon as well. That should make ordering and shipping a lot easier, as well as lowering the shipping charges for lots of people.

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Song of Sharing the Same Mind and Body
(공심공체 둘 아닌 노래)

Mountains embrace the water,
along with all sentient beings.
Flowers and butterflies
embrace each other,
dancing and dancing.
The mountains whisper to us:

Deep waters have within them
every kind of treasure.
One mind,
our foundation is the guide they always follow;
leaving no tract of their passage,
they ceaselessly go back and forth into the world.
Grasp this essence,
live freely,
release everything into this flowing emptiness,
and live like water.

Water embraces the mountains,
along with all sentient beings.
Flowers and butterflies
together cause blossoms to become fruit.
Water whispers to us:

When a tree cherishes its root,
relies upon its root,
the fruit that ripens on this tree
can freely go back and forth
from the mountains to the world,
with no coming or going.
Grasp this essence,
live freely,
release everything into this living emptiness,
and live like the mountains.