‘Whoever sees their nature is Buddha; whoever doesn’t is mortal. But if you can find buddha-nature apart from your mortal nature—where?’
Bodhidharma
Chan / Seon / Zen
Morning meditation — Buddha is Sanskrit for miraculously aware.
‘Buddha is Sanskrit for miraculously aware. Responding, blinking your eyes, moving hands and feet, is all miraculously aware. Nature.’
Bodhidharma
Morning meditation — It’s not difficult! And it’s not easy!
‘Followers of the way: It’s not difficult! And it’s not easy! When hungry one eats and when tired one sleeps.’
Ling Chao
Morning meditation — Don’t think about Buddha.
‘Don’t think about Buddha.
If you don’t see what I’m talking about, you’ll never know your own mind.’
Bodhidharma
Morning meditation — Between mind and mind there is no gap.
‘Between mind and mind there is no gap. They all flow into the sea of original nature.’
Nan-yüan
Morning meditation — Let go of the sorrow of disgrace.
‘Let go of the sorrow of disgrace and the joy of success.’
Zen master Hsuan Chuen
Morning meditation — Followers of Buddha are always poor.
‘Followers of Buddha are always poor. Poverty is of the body, not of the Buddha mind or the Way!’
Zen master Hsuan Chuen
Morning meditation — I warn you not to use those exercises for meditation.
‘I warn you not to use those exercises for meditation on quietude or for keeping the mind a blank.’
Hui Neng
Buddhism now 