‘When you’re in harmony with the Unborn Buddha Mind arms and legs operate on their own.’
Bankei
Chan / Seon / Zen
Morning meditation — To say you were born a hothead.
‘To say you were born a hothead is to tax your parents with something that’s no fault of theirs From them you received Buddha-mind, nothing else.’
Bankei
Evening meditation — Remain in the Buddha-mind.
‘Remain in the Buddha-mind. Then you’ll never stray, then you’ll be a living Buddha for all time.’
Bankei
Morning Meditaton — Do you want to know Manjusri?
‘Do you want to know Manjusri? He is here right before your eyes functioning ceaselessly without change, This is the living Manjusri.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Morning Meditation — Face the boundary of the objective world.
‘Face the boundary of the objective world without creating sense gates, realise how to eliminate the effects of arising and extinction!’
Hongzhi Zhengjue
Morning meditation — There is no need to worry.
‘Followers of the way: There is no need to worry, just cease creating delusions.’
Motoko Ikebe
Morning Meditation — Asked why he taught mind is Buddha.
Asked why he taught mind is Buddha Ma-tsu said ‘to stop a baby crying’.
The Monk then asked ‘What’s it like when the baby stops crying?’
Ma-tsu said ‘No mind no Buddha’.
Ma-tsu
Morning meditation — As insight grows.
‘As insight grows, a calm refuge develops where the tranquility is uninterrupted.’
Chinul Sunim
Buddhism now 