Upright with Poise and Grace
InUpright with Poise and Grace, Zen Master Dae Gak offers us a rich combination of reminiscences, poems, and dharma-talks each one pointing directly to the aliveness of our lives as they are.  Urging us to abandon whatever plan we have for our spiritual journey, Zen Master Dae Gak encourages us again and again to rely on what is already here and to embrace the unfolding of our lives as The Way itself.        David Dae An Rynick, Zen Master Upright With Poise and Graceis a tender, wise, unpretentious and compassionate book that rings with clarity. It made me laugh, gasp and cry. I just loved it.  Zen Master Dae Gak tells us stories about his life as if talking to a friend over a beer - warm, unpretentious and personal. And behind all the words the Truth reverberates, unmistakable and clear as a bell.          Antony Dae Chong Osler, Osho,  author ofStoep Zen  InUpright With Poise and GraceI love the calligraphies, poems, and how Zen Master Dae Gak has distilled simple clear messages in very reader friendly chunks. What Zen Master Dae Gak has done is wonderful.  Upright With Poise and Graceis constructed in  short, clear meditations, which flow and resonate at the level of the heart.            Cara Tae Myo Shim Geary, Ph.D, M.D. --Reviews sent to Dae GakZen Master Dae Gak's bookUpright with Poise and Graceis wonderful. Totally unique. I could go on and on. Thank you Zen Master Dae Gak.           Dae An Poep Sa Nim  Beginning to read Upright With Poise and Grace brought up my love for Furnace Mountain and remembrances of what makes my experience there so special.  I am most struck by Zen Master Dae Gak s simplicity and directness.  One statement from the introduction that illustrates this is...there is not an ideal to strive for but an actuality to embrace; Of course this is consistent with other Buddhist teachings I've read and heard but something about the direct and simple way Zen Master Dae Gak teaches gets under the radar of my confusion and resistance.             Jack McDowell--Reviews sent to Dae GakUpright With Poise and Grace is an intimate portrayal of a great Zen Master's teaching, life and deeply compassionate heart.  I recommend it whole-heartedly. He combines the openness of his own heart with his deep knowledge of the Dharma.      Katherine von Haefen   This book,Upright With Poise and Grace, is a validation, confirmation and consistency of the invisible thread we call the Dharma. I find refuge in its reassurance of a life outside the mundane.  Zen Master Dae Gak points the way for all of us. What I love about this book is that whenever I open it on any page it speaks to me in a profound way.  Marcella Clark--Reviews sent to Dae Gak