‘Whoever perceives that all characteristics are in fact no-characteristics perceives the Tathagata.’
Diamond Sutra.
Bassui Tokushō
Buddhist Insights
Morning meditation — After practising meditation for a while.
‘After practising meditation for a while, we must enter the state of no-self.
Beopjeong Sunim
Morning Meditation — Knowing the root cause of Dukkha.
‘Knowing the root cause of Dukkha, one will be able to extinguish it. That root cause is delusion, the wrong understanding that there is a self and things belonging to a self.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Morning meditation — Those who cross this teeming sea.
‘Those who cross this teeming sea, hard with mighty waves.
Wisdom’s theirs the holy life lived, world’s end reached, gone beyond.’
Samyutta
Morning meditation — When you awaken to the unique and wonderful dharma.
‘When you awaken to the unique and wonderful dharma of your true nature, it is as if the lost child had come home.’
Bassui Tokushō
Morning meditation — Consciousness clings to many forms.
‘Consciousness clings to many forms.’
Bassui Tokushō
Morning meditation — Give birth to the mind.
‘Give birth to the mind which has no dwelling place.’
Bassui Tokushō
Morning meditation — Kindness and the good heart.
‘Kindness and the good heart are important at the beginning, in the middle and at the end.’
Dalai Lama
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