‘If you seek somewhere other than in your own mind for a Buddha having a tangible form, you are foolish.’
Zen Master Hakuin
Buddhism
Morning Meditation — The Muni can observe delusion.
‘The Muni can observe delusion; the person with delusion cannot.’
Aryadeva
Morning Meditation — If only you could hear the sound of snow falling.
‘If only you could hear the sound of snow falling late at night from the trees of the old temple in Shinoda!’
Tathagatagarbha Sutra
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
