Dropping ashes on the buddha is a delightful irreverent and often hilariously funny living record of the dialogue between korean zen master seung sahn and his american students consisting of dialogues stories formal zen interviews dharma speeches and letters using the zen masters actual words in spontaneous living interaction with his students this book is a fresh presentation of the zen teaching method of instant dialogue between master and student which through the use . Dropping ashes on the buddha the teachings of zen master seung sahn english edition ebook seung sahn amazonde kindle shop. Dropping ashes on the buddha is a delightful irreverent and often hilariously funny living record of the dialogue between korean zen master seung sahn and his american students consisting of dialogues stories formal zen interviews dharma speeches and letters using the zen masters actual words in spontaneous living interaction with his students this book is a fresh presentation of the zen teaching method of instant dialogue between master and student which through the use . This is a problem that zen master seung sahn is fond of posing to his american students who attend his zen centers dropping ashes on the buddha is a delightful irreverent and often hil somebody comes into the zen center with a lighted cigarette walks up to the buddha statue blows smoke in its face and drops ashes on its lap. Rette walks up to the buddha statue blows smoke in its face and drops ashes on its lap you are standing there what can you do this person has understood that nothing is holy or un holy all things in the universe are one and that one is himself so everything is permitted ashes are buddha bud dha is ashes the cigarette flicks the ashes drop