‘Forty-eight years!
48 years! I’m all done with the ignorant & wise
I am no hero
My way to Nirvana is serene and peaceful.’
Zen master Tosotsu
Buddhist Insights
Morning Meditation — With her [Kannon bodhisattva] eyes she hears the song of Spring.
‘With her [Kannon bodhisattva] eyes she hears the song of Spring; With her ears she sees the colouring of the mountain.’
Zen Master Hakuin
Morning meditation: Even bad thoughts.
‘Even bad thoughts or horrible thoughts arise and cease, just like good thoughts.’
Everyday Buddhist
Morning Meditation — Our purpose is to be clear about birth and death.
‘Our purpose is to be clear about birth and death and to attain Buddhahood. To be clear we must have recourse to this hua t’ou (koan).’
Master Hsu Yun
Morning meditation — Once the illusory nature is seen in actuality.
‘Once the illusory nature is seen in actuality, then the solid character that we have attached to what we experience, simply vanishes.’
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Afternoon meditation: Peace comes from doing things.
‘Peace comes from doing things completely with our whole body and mind.’
Everyday Buddhist
Afternoon meditation — We cannot bring back the past.
‘We cannot bring back the past or guarantee the future.’
ManGong
Morning meditation — If only beings would recognise.
‘If only beings would recognise their own true face as that of the Tathagata whom they so eagerly seek.’
Shen Hui
Buddhism now 