Extract from a talk given at the Buddhist Publishing Group 2002 Summer School. Around 3 minutes
Buddhist meditation
There is No Buddha-Dharma Outside the Mind, by Harada Sekkei Roshi
If you say there is not enough, there is nothing lacking. This is the mind which neither increases nor decreases and which is completely free and unrestricted. To really study and investigate this mind is the Dharma vehicle of the ancient Buddhas; it is the gate to the Dharma…
Everything comes from mind, by Bodhidharma
Your real body is pure and impervious. But because of delusions you’re unaware of it.
False Thought, by Ch’an Master Lai-kuo
The strength of false thought is great, so you ought to be afraid of it. And it is necessary that you get away from it. You want to get away from your false thought, but how much strength do you have? Its strength is waterproof; your strength only amounts to a single drop…
Like a handful of fallen leaves, by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
The matter of “I” and “mine” is the single essential point of the Buddhist teachings. It is the one thing which must be completely purged. It follows that here lies the knowing, understanding, and practice of all the Buddhist Teachings without exception.
Meditation for Geeks
One for geeks…
Seeds of Happiness and Sorrow, by Thich Nhat Hanh
It is certain that we have seeds of happiness, seeds of joy, of peace, of love, in us, but it may be that during our daily lives, nobody knows how to touch those seeds…
Study the Self! By Maezumi Roshi
Awakening is the very core of the Buddha’s teaching, but if we are thinking about awakening we are separating ourselves from it…
