‘When you begin to use thought the way it ought to be used, you find it easier to let go of thought.’
Gien Inour Roshi
Chan / Seon / Zen
Morning Meditation — The house of silent illumination is the hall of pure bliss.
‘The house of silent illumination is the hall of pure bliss.
Dwelling in peace and forgetting hardship, let go of adornments and become genuine.’
Hongzhi Zhengjue
Morning Meditation — The motto for becoming genuine.
‘The motto for becoming genuine: nothing is gained by speaking.’
Hongzhi Zhengjue
Morning Meditation — The deep source of realisation.
‘The deep source of realisation comes with constancy, bliss, self, and purity.
Its purity is constant, its bliss is myself.’
Hongzhi Zhengjue
Morning meditation — This mind-nature is the original source of all Buddhas.
‘This mind-nature is the original source of all Buddhas. It is the names of all the sutras.’
Bassui Tokushō
Morning meditation — In the light there is darkness.
‘In the light there is darkness, but don’t take it as darkness.
In the dark there is light, but don’t see it as light.’
Sandōkai
Morning meditation — Each of the myriad things has its merit.
‘Each of the myriad things has its merit, expressed according to function and place.’
Sandōkai
Morning meditation — Not understanding the way.
‘Not understanding the way before your eyes, how do you know the path you walk?’
Sandōkai
