‘The brightness of awareness becomes a refuge, a place of clarity and peace amidst the fluctuations of the mind and the world.’
Everyday Buddhism
Chan / Seon / Zen
Morning meditation — When you are crazy drunk, whether you do good deeds or evil ones.
‘When you are crazy drunk, whether you do good deeds or evil ones, all your behaviour is that of a drunken mind, not a true one.’
Bassui Tokushō
Morning meditation — The spiritual source shines clear.
‘The spiritual source shines clear in the light; the branching streams flow on in the dark.’
Sandōkai
Morning meditation — Awareness is not something we create.
‘Awareness is not something we create; it is already present, a natural quality of mind.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — We might not believe we can do a Zen koan.
‘We might not believe we can do a Zen koan, but our life is a koan.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — You must just be as immovable as an incense burner.
‘You must just be as immovable as an incense burner before a Buddha-image and as unchanging as dried wood resting on cold ashes.’
Kusan Sunim
Morning Meditaton — Buddha appeared in the world.
‘Followers of the way, Buddha appeared in the world, turned the wheel of Dharma, and then entered Nirvana.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Morning meditation — You must be as audacious as someone trying to grab the eyebrows of a living tiger.
‘You must be as audacious as someone trying to grab the eyebrows of a living tiger or to snatch the whiskers of a flying dragon. Then you will know.’
Kusan Sunim
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