‘If only you could hear the sound of snow falling late at night from the trees of the old temple in Shinoda!’
Tathagatagarbha Sutra
Buddhism
Morning Meditation — The Muni can observe delusion.
‘The Muni can observe delusion; the person with delusion cannot.’
Aryadeva
Morning Meditation — Mind, It’s like space.
‘Mind, It’s like space. You can’t possess it and you can’t lose it.’
Bodhidharma
Where awareness and insight come together.
Buddha is the quality of awareness that observes without judgement, the compassion that arises naturally when we let go of our self-centred views.
Morning Meditation — The treasure cannot speak.
‘Buddha Nature is like a store of treasure inside the house of a pauper. The owner isn’t aware of it, and the treasure cannot speak.’
Tathagatagarbha Sutra
Morning Meditation: Mind doesn’t appear as a monk or a layman.
‘Mind doesn’t appear as a monk or a layman, an elder or a novice, a sage or a fool, a Buddha or a mortal.’
Bodhidharma
Morning Meditation: Buddha is someone who finds freedom.
‘Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.’
Bodhidharma
Fragrance of chrysanthemums.
Fragrance of chrysanthemums
in Nara there are so many
old Buddha statues
Basho
