‘Everyone has a natural koan. What’s worrying you now? A seemingly intractable problem. Illness, old age, death?’
Everyday Buddhism
Chan / Seon / Zen
Morning meditation — Studying the Way is to always contemplate the self-nature.
‘Studying the Way is to always contemplate the self-nature: This is to be identical with all the buddhas.’
Hui Neng
Morning meditation — The Prajna immanent in the Essence of Mind of every one.
‘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
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
