For the first time, I realised the meaning of the words: ‘The eighteen great enlightenments of wonderful joy, and the little joys which are without number.’ In truth, I have not been deceived.
Zen Master Hakuin
Book reviews
The Universal Inclusiveness. By Karen Liljenberg
The self exists. There is no other. Spontaneous perfection exists, as the Great Self.
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This is why we call it the Path, by Jingjue
The path to awakening is impossible to map.
Zen Gardens and Temples of Kyoto
A guide to Kyoto’s most important Zen garden and temple sites.
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness
Your voice and Buddha’s voice. That is what the Sandokai is talking about.
Spells, Images, and Mandalas
This study examines the translations of dhāranī sūtras made by Bodhiruci in the early eighth century and later Esoteric texts, such as Yixing’s commentary on the Mahāvairocana sūtra and Amoghavajra’s ritual manuals…
Song of the Grass-Roof Hermitage by Shitou
Turn around the light to shine within, then just return. The vast inconceivable source can’t be faced or turned away from.
Meet the ancestral teachers, be familiar with their instructions, bind grasses to build a hut, and don’t give up.
Ordinary Mind is Tao
Mumon’s Poem: Hundreds of flowers in spring, the moon in autumn, The cool breeze in summer and snow in winter; If there is no vain cloud in your mind, for you it is a good season.
Buddhism now 