‘The way is a fundamental part of everybody. Its essence is to penetrate Enlightenment and to leave no trace of this attainment.’
Bassui Tokushō
Buddhist Insights
Morning meditation — Don’t Hate the Arising of Thoughts.
‘Don’t hate the arising of thoughts or stop the thoughts that arise. Just realise that our original mind is beyond thought.’
Bankei
Morning meditation — The Essence of Emptiness.
‘The essence of emptiness is the non-existence of duality.’
Madhyānta-vibhāga
Morning meditation — We can’t act upon.
‘We can’t act upon everything we see or hear.’
Ayya Khema
Morning meditation — When you see the Moon.
‘When you see the moon yourself, you realise there is no moon to point to after all.’
Bassui Tokushō
Morning meditation — We say that we’ll Practice.
‘We say that we’ll practice in this way—but only a day or two goes by, maybe just a few hours, and we forget all about it.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation: Because Truth cannot be put into words.
‘Because truth cannot be put into words, we can use as many words as we like to describe it.’
Zen Graffiti
Morning meditation: Not being Buddha.
‘Not being Buddha is suffering.’
Everyday Buddhist
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