‘We turned our backs (on our Original-nature), so do not advocate searching outside for it. Having fully exposed the precious jewel, we do not know it as precious.’
Kusan Sunim
Buddhist Insights
Morning meditation — Buddhism does not assert that there is anyone who.
‘Buddhism does not assert that there is anyone who from the beginning is free from faults and possesses all good qualities.’
Dalai Lama
Morning meditation — When you begin to use thought the way it ought.
‘When you begin to use thought the way it ought to be used, you find it easier to let go of thought.’
Gien Inour Roshi
Morning meditation — Your future projects and plans are like nets cast in a dry riverbed.
‘Your future projects and plans are like nets cast in a dry riverbed: they’ll never bring what you want. Limit your desires and aspirations.’
Words of my Perfect Teacher
Morning Meditation — The house of silent illumination is the hall of pure bliss.
‘The house of silent illumination is the hall of pure bliss.
Dwelling in peace and forgetting hardship, let go of adornments and become genuine.’
Hongzhi Zhengjue
Morning Meditation — The motto for becoming genuine.
‘The motto for becoming genuine: nothing is gained by speaking.’
Hongzhi Zhengjue
Morning Meditation — The deep source of realisation.
‘The deep source of realisation comes with constancy, bliss, self, and purity.
Its purity is constant, its bliss is myself.’
Hongzhi Zhengjue
Morning meditation — Everyone has the Buddha Nature.
‘May those caught in the guru business realise that everyone has the Buddha Nature.’
Everyday Buddhism
Buddhism now 