The true sangha, as the Buddha envisioned it, is a community of individuals committed to treading the path of liberation. Whether large or small, the role of the sangha is to support each other’s practice.
Buddhist Insights
Morning meditation — You must be as audacious as someone trying to grab the eyebrows of a living tiger.
‘You must be as audacious as someone trying to grab the eyebrows of a living tiger or to snatch the whiskers of a flying dragon. Then you will know.’
Kusan Sunim
Morning meditation — Although we might feel unequal to tackling a Zen koan.
‘Morning Meditation: Although we might feel unequal to tackling a Zen koan, our life itself is a koan.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — In the vast landscape of the mind.
‘In the vast landscape of the mind, two forces are constantly at play: delusion and awareness.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning Meditation — Follower of the way, respond to situations.
‘Follower of the way, respond to situations without, function, or locality.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Morning Meditation — 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
