‘If intense cold strikes not to the bone, how can plum blossom be fragrant?’
Huang Po
Chan / Seon / Zen
Morning meditation — Did you see the morning star this morning?
‘In the Zen tradition the Buddha realised awakening after seeing the morning star.
Did you see the morning star this morning?
Not to worry it shines everyday.’
Zen
Morning Meditation — All the dusts are entirely yours.
‘All the dusts are entirely yours; all the dharmas are not someone else’s. Follow the current and paddle along, naturally unobstructed!’
Hongzhi Zhengjue
Morning meditation — Beware of making real what is not.
‘Supernatural powers and wonder-making works — fetching water and the gathering of wood.’
Layman P’ang
Morning meditation — It is incorrect to base one’s life upon the fragments of understanding.
‘It is incorrect to base one’s life upon the fragments of understanding which might occur upon reaching certain states.’
Kusan Sunim
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 — Think of not Thinking.
‘Think of not Thinking. How? By leaving thinking as-it-is.’
Dôgen Zenji
Morning meditation — Sometimes life feels like a battle doesn’t it?
‘Sometimes life feels like a battle doesn’t it? We go though the gate and face ten thousand warriors.’
Zen Buddhism
