Buddhist Insights

Morning meditation — If, in one thought, we suddenly transcend samsara.

‘If, in one thought, we suddenly transcend samsara, we can apprehend and defeat the buddhas and patriarchs.’

Kusan Sunim

‘Mind has no form and its awareness no limit. Hence it’s said, “Tathagata forms are endless. And so is awareness”’.

Bodhidharma

‘Attaching to emptiness, denying cause and effect, brings calamities beyond measure. Rejecting existence and grasping emptiness is same mistake’

Yung Chia

‘The real function of zazen is not to rest the mind but to establish a base or foundation for it.’

Rindo Fujimoto Roshi

‘Awakening is the very core of the Buddha’s teaching, but if we’re thinking about awakening we’re separating ourselves from it.’

Taizan Maezumi Roshi

‘When freed from selfishness our mind is the mind of Buddha — delusion is transformed into the four wisdoms of Buddha.’

Everyday Buddhism

‘Do not let the word ‘Tao’ delude you; Realise it is nothing else than what you do morning and night.’

Shido Bunan

‘When our mind is firm and stable, mindfulness will arise quickly and easily and this is where we have wisdom.’

Ajahn Chah