‘Buddha isn’t one sided. The nature of mind is basically empty, neither pure nor impure. Free of both practise and realisation.’
Bodhidharma
Buddhist Insights
Morning meditation — Buddhas don’t practise nonsense.
‘Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause and effect is nonsense. Buddhas don’t practise nonsense.’
Bodhidharma
Morning meditation — Nature of mind is basically empty.
‘Nature of mind is basically empty, neither pure nor impure Free of both practise and realisation.’
Bodhidharma
Morning meditation — If there were no unborn-unconditioned.
‘There’s a unborn unbecome unmade unconditioned. If there were no unborn-unconditioned, no escape would be possible from the born.’
The Buddha
Morning meditation — Don’t invite the future.
‘Don’t invite the future.’
Words of my Perfect Teacher
Morning meditation — Even if you explain 1000s of sutras.
‘Even if you explain 1000s of sutras and shastras, unless you see your nature, yours is the teaching of a mortal, not a Buddha.’
Bodhidharma
Morning meditation — Meditate for its own sake.
‘Meditate for its own sake — for awakening.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Those who have found the way.
‘Those who have found the way, practise in solitude, walking alone. But they roam nirvana together.’
Zen master Hsuan Chuen
Buddhism now 