‘A monk once asked Zen master Egen “l’ve come to solve the question of life and death”.
Egen drove him away saying, “at Egens place there is no such thing as life and death!”’
Zen Comments on the Mumonkan.
Chan / Seon / Zen
Morning meditation — This is gossip. It stops at me.
‘I hear it spoken, my mind does not arise — This is gossip. It stops at me.’
Chan Master Fenyang
Morning meditation — Full of firewood, full of water.
‘I hear it spoken, my mind does not arise — This is gossip. It stops at me.’
Chan Master Fenyang
Morning meditation — Realise the Truth within.
‘Those who are able to realise the Truth within their own mind have sown the seed of Buddhahood.
Hui Neng
Morning Meditation — How can the delusive thoughts of living beings be destroyed?
‘Q: How can the delusive thoughts of living beings be destroyed?
A: In so far as one sees dilutive thoughts and their destruction, one will never leave the delusive thoughts.’
A Dialogue on the Contemplation-Extinguished.
Morning Meditation: Buddha is someone who finds freedom.
‘Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.’
Bodhidharma
Morning meditation — Whatever is impermanent is suffering.
‘None may consider himself the same a moment after.’
Chan Master Fenyang
Morning meditation — You should know by yourself what is holy and what is ordinary.
‘None may consider himself the same a moment after.’
Chan Master Fenyang
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