‘Before us, no thing, yet nothing lacking. Effortless wisdom naturally manifests.’
Zen Master Niutou
Buddhist Insights
Morning meditation — This freedom is the end of suffering.
‘This freedom is the end of suffering, not because pain and pleasure cease to exist, but because the mind no longer clings to them. It sees them as they are: passing phenomena within a vast field of awareness.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — If people who cultivate the path give up fame.
‘If people who cultivate the path give up fame to enter the mountains but fail to cultivate these practices and, instead, make a show of deportment to deceive the faithful patrons, it is worse than seeking fame and gain, or passing an entire life in vain’
Master Bojo Chinul
Morning meditation — The Buddha often compared his teachings to a raft.
‘Buddha is not something to be attained but something to be realised in the very fabric of our daily lives.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — People are deluded in that they see only what looks like their own self in operation.
‘People are deluded in that they see only what looks like their own self in operation, and fail to see their broad existence in which everything is simply coming together.’
Gien Inour Roshi
Morning meditation — As our awareness grows.
‘As our awareness grows, the shadows of delusion fade, not by force but by the simple presence of light, revealing reality as it is — open, boundless, and free from obscuration.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Mortal nature is Buddha nature.
‘Mortal nature is Buddha nature.
Beyond this there’s no Buddha.
Buddha is our nature.
There’s no Buddha besides this nature.’
Bodhidharma
Morning meditation — The nature of mind is non-arising.
‘The nature of mind is non-arising,
What need is there of knowledge and views?
Originally there is not a single dharma;
Why discuss inspiration and training?’
Niutou Farong
Buddhism now 