"It is very easy to see how you make your world and whatever you experience in it. Yet some people say that God made this world. But who made god? Remember, everything comes from some primary cause-this is understood by enlightened wisdom. Then what is God’s primary cause? Who made primary cause? Some people say that God understands everything. They say that God made Paradise and Eden and human beings. God also made the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Then he said, “If you eat these fruits, you will get sin and death.” But if this is so, then God is certainly attached to something. “Maybe I will make this tree. Then when they eat the fruits, they will understand everything. But if they do that, I will have to give them death.” If God truly loved human beings, he would have taken away the tree. That is God’s big mistake. Why wouldn’t he take it away? If you make some poison, put it in front of your child, and then tell your child not to eat it, who do you blame when your child eats it? Whose mistake is it? He made this tree. So the teachings of primary cause and dependent origination are very interesting. They simply and clearly point to, Who made this? Who made that? God made this tree, and whatever came from it, not Adam and Eve. So who made God who made the tree and all the suffering that came from it? If you understand who made God, here is a hint: Saying “God” is already a big mistake. If you open your mouth, primary cause appears. If you keep it shut, then primary cause disappears. It is very easy to see. Don’t make God. Don’t make Buddha. From moment to moment, don’t make anything."
- Zen Master Seung Sahn (Former Presbyterian) from The Compass of Zen (via youngbacongod)
Wondering what movie to see this weekend? Look no further than the film about North Korean terrorists invading the White House, Olympus Has Fallen!
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the whole movie is a joke. The Korean “terrorist” is supposedly a man who pledges no allegiance for the North or South. Instead he is some kind of stereotypical Al Qaeda spinoff type Korean extremist who fanatically believes in a Korean reunification by any means??? How this movie make sense?
When I heard that the final rounds of the 2013 World Baseball Classic was going to be held in San Francisco, I was excited because I thought I can finally go and watch Korea play in the final rounds. Most of us were expecting Korea to finally win a WBC championship title after being very…