‘If someone asks me about Bodhisattvas, I appear in a state of compassion.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Chan / Seon / Zen
Afternoon Meditaton — If someone asks me where to look for Buddha.
‘If someone asks me where to look for Buddha, I will show myself in a state of purity.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Morning meditation — We know that not to crave anything.
‘We know that not to crave anything is indeed the way to the Truth.’
Bodhidharma
Morning meditation — Your nature is Buddha.
‘Your nature is Buddha. And Buddha is free: free of plans, free of cares. Buddha is free of karma, free of cause and effect.’
Bodhidharma
Morning Meditaton — If someone asks me about Bodhi.
‘If someone asks me about Bodhi, I respond by showing a state of pure mystery.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Morning Meditaton — And if someone questions me on Nirvana.
‘And if someone questions me on Nirvana, I show a state of quiet calm.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Morning Meditaton — True understanding.
‘True understanding — if you have genuine insight, birth and death will not affect you, and you will be free to come and to go.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Morning Meditaton — What students of the Way need.
‘What students of the Way need is self-reliance don’t search outside, all is idle dust, and you cannot discern the false from the true.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Buddhism now 