‘The Prajna immanent in the Essence of Mind of every one may be likened to the rain, the moisture of which refreshes every living thing, trees and plants as well as sentient beings.’
Hui Neng
Chan / Seon / Zen
Morning meditation — Buddhahood comes from cultivation of the. self-nature within us.
‘Buddhahood comes from cultivation of the. self-nature within us. Do not seek it outside the body. When your self-nature is under delusion, you are ordinary people, but when your self-nature is awakened and alert, you are Buddhas.’
Hui Neng
Morning Meditation — Truth, always apparent and exposed.
‘Truth, always apparent and exposed.’
Hongzhi Zhengjue
Morning meditation — A static condition is not the right zazen.
‘A static condition is not the right zazen.’
Rindo Fujimoto Roshi
Morning meditation — Don’t hate the arising of thoughts.
‘Don’t hate the arising of thoughts or stop the thoughts that arise. Just realise that our original mind is beyond thought.’
Bankei
Morning Meditation — Mind, It’s like space.
‘Mind, It’s like space. You can’t possess it and you can’t lose it.’
Bodhidharma
Morning meditation — Its source is neither from heaven nor from earth.
‘Its source is neither from heaven nor from earth;
its heroism does not depend upon the changing seasons.
Then from where does it arise?’
Chan Master Fenyang
Morning meditation — Simultaneous Awareness of Both.
‘Simultaneous Awareness of Both
The jade-green lady throws her shuttle
upon the whirling loom;
the stone man beats his drum:
Boom! Boom!’
Chan Master Fenyang
Buddhism now 