‘If someone asks me about Bodhisattvas, I appear in a state of compassion.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Buddhism Now
Afternoon Meditaton — If someone asks me where to look for Buddha.
‘If someone asks me where to look for Buddha, I will show myself in a state of purity.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Morning Meditaton — If someone asks me about Bodhi.
‘If someone asks me about Bodhi, I respond by showing a state of pure mystery.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Morning Meditaton — And if someone questions me on Nirvana.
‘And if someone questions me on Nirvana, I show a state of quiet calm.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Morning Meditaton — True understanding.
‘True understanding — if you have genuine insight, birth and death will not affect you, and you will be free to come and to go.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Morning Meditaton — What students of the Way need.
‘What students of the Way need is self-reliance don’t search outside, all is idle dust, and you cannot discern the false from the true.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Morning Meditaton — This is all I teach.
‘Don’t be deluded by anyone, this is all I teach. If you want to make use of it, then use it right now without doubt or delay.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Morning Meditaton —Be your ordinary selves with nothing to seek.
‘Be your ordinary selves with nothing to seek, relieving nature, wearing robes, eat, when tired sleep fools laugh, the wise understand.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Buddhism now 