‘Our bodies do not belong to us. They are the true activity of the life of the great universe.’
Dôgen Zenji
Buddhist Insights
Morning meditation — Buddhas and sentient beings.
‘Followers of the way Buddhas and sentient beings are not two.’
Kusan Sunim
Morning meditation — Now, during this intermediate period of the bardo of this life.
‘Now, during this intermediate period of the bardo of this life, decide, with complete certainty, that the wisdom of your own awareness is dharmakāya, and sustaining the ongoing experience of its self-radiance, the meditation which is naturally clear’
Longchenpa
Morning meditation — Don’t make decisions.
‘Don’t make decisions on the strength of your desires.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — There’s no ‘truth’ corresponding to the word truth.
‘There’s no ‘truth’ corresponding to the word truth.’
Lucid Exposition of the Middle Way
Morning meditation — Among all living things mountains and rivers, grasses and trees.
‘Among all living things mountains and rivers, grasses and trees, even the sounds of blowing winds and rising waves — there is nothing that is not the nembutsu.’
Ippen
Morning meditation — The difficulty starts with interpretations.
‘The difficulty starts with interpretations of Amida’s power. Some believe you have to repeatedly say the nembutsu; others believe you only have to say it once.
Ippen said you only have to say it once, but with a pure heart!’
Ippen
Morning meditation — Aren’t we living in awareness.
‘Aren’t we living in awareness day and night?’
Avalokiteshvara
Buddhism now 