‘In the vast landscape of the mind, two forces are constantly at play: delusion and awareness.’
Everyday Buddhism
Buddhist Insights
Morning Meditaton — Follower of the way, respond to situations.
‘Follower of the way, respond to situations without, function, or locality.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Morning Meditaton — Dharma — In the eye, it is called seeing.
‘Dharma — In the eye, it is called seeing. In the ear, hearing. In the nose, smelling; in the mouth, tasting. In the feet, walking.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Morning meditation — This mind-nature is the original source of all Buddhas.
‘This mind-nature is the original source of all Buddhas. It is the names of all the sutras.’
Bassui Tokushō
Morning meditation — As long as we have belief or notion of a ‘self’.
‘As long as we have belief or notion of a ‘self’, we shall naturally think that liberation will take a long time.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Grasping at things is surely delusion.
‘Grasping at things is surely delusion; according with sameness is still not enlightenment.’
Sandōkai
Morning Meditation —The Buddha said that the assertion that all things are empty.
‘The Buddha said that the assertion that all things are empty refers to nothing other than the awareness that they are empty of selfhood.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Morning Meditation — The beginning of this buddha-knowledge.
‘The beginning of this buddha-knowledge is the discovery of the wondrous law of the one mind.’
Zen Master Hakuin
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