‘The field of boundless emptiness is what exits from the very beginning.’
Hongzhi Zhengjue
Chan / Seon / Zen
Morning meditation — If people who cultivate the path give up fame.
‘If people who cultivate the path give up fame to enter the mountains but fail to cultivate these practices and, instead, make a show of deportment to deceive the faithful patrons, it is worse than seeking fame and gain, or passing an entire life in vain’
Master Bojo Chinul
Morning meditation — People are deluded in that they see only what looks like their own self in operation.
‘People are deluded in that they see only what looks like their own self in operation, and fail to see their broad existence in which everything is simply coming together.’
Gien Inour Roshi
Morning meditation — Mortal nature is Buddha nature.
‘Mortal nature is Buddha nature.
Beyond this there’s no Buddha.
Buddha is our nature.
There’s no Buddha besides this nature.’
Bodhidharma
Morning meditation — The nature of mind is non-arising.
‘The nature of mind is non-arising,
What need is there of knowledge and views?
Originally there is not a single dharma;
Why discuss inspiration and training?’
Niutou Farong
Morning meditation — Extraordinary people ultimately extend.
‘A poem says:
Extraordinary people ultimately extend in all horizontal and vertical directions.’
Kusan Sunim
People think that the gift of the gab and being smart, are signs of wisdom, by Hakuin Zenji
The Buddhist world is now filled with people of their sort.
Morning Meditation — Nobody likes ordinary, commonplace things.
‘Nobody likes ordinary, commonplace things. And that is quite natural. A good medicine is bitter to the taste, but it wakes us up. It makes us open our eyes. And waking up spoils our dreams.’
Zen Master Hakuin
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