Initiative Updates — Latest Developments
Want to stay up to date on the latest progress of the Awakening Never Apart initiative?
Here, we’ll share milestones in printing and distribution, launch dates for multilingual editions, group practice gatherings and talks, and stories from readers around the world. May these updates help us witness how a small book, in many cities and many lives, kindles the endless lamp of “Great Awakening Never Apart from the Self.”
Latest Updates — At a Glance
Below are recent highlights and stories. Click “Read More” on any item to open the full post and learn the fuller causes and conditions behind it—along with the reflections shared.
Awakening Never Apart: A Life Lecture Series | Lectures by Zen Master Hung Chi-Sung
In an age of change and unrest, true steadiness is not found in outer circumstances
Lecture Two: Awakening Never Apart from the Self—The Secret of Nourishing Life
Awakening Never Apart: A Life Lecture Series | Lectures by Zen Master Hung Chi-Sung
In an age of change and unrest, true steadiness is not found in outer circumstances
it is found when the mind returns to its original awakening.
Lecture One
The Secret of Awakening Never Apart — When Awakening Is Never Apart, All Worries Cease
Guiding you straight to the heart-teaching:What is Awakening Never Apart?Why does awakening in the present moment bring a life of steadiness—free from worry?
In Yuli, Hualien—Awakening Never Apart: a prayer-vow with every step I take. 🌹
Prayer Record in Yuli, Hualien—beneath “Chi Po-lin’s Giant Footprints” and the “Prayer Tree.” Step by step, footprint by footprint, we cherish the earth beneath our feet—and pass on the heart-teaching of Awakening Never Apart, so that it may continue to spread as an auspicious affinity.
My 96-year-old father, living with dementia, smiles as he recites Awakening Never Apart.
Memories may fade, but awakening does not. At 96, my father—living with dementia—smiles as he recites Awakening Never Apart. These brief Dharma verses let his mind settle and abide, and they reveal to our family an inconceivable, gentle strength.