‘Once you see, after clarifying your true nature, all words return to the self like waves by the thousands returning to the sea.’
Bassui Tokushō
Chan / Seon / Zen
Morning meditation — At times it goes well and at times it does not.
‘Many monks who practise in meditation halls often just settle down in such places. Thus out of ten practitioners eight or nine are unable to pierce through the barrier of the patriarchs.’
Kusan Sunim
Morning meditation — He [Buddha] does not speak that which is deceitful.
‘He [Buddha] does not speak that which is deceitful, nor does he speak that which is alien. There is no mistake in even one phrase or line of the discourses of the World Honoured One.’
Bassui Tokushō
Morning meditation — He who is puffed up by the slightest impression.
‘Within our mind there is a Buddha, and that Buddha within is the real Buddha. If Buddha is not to be sought within our mind, where shall we find the real Buddha?’
Hui Neng
Morning meditation — Many monks who practise in meditation halls.
‘Many monks who practise in meditation halls often just settle down in such places. Thus out of ten practitioners eight or nine are unable to pierce through the barrier of the patriarchs.’
Kusan Sunim
Morning meditation — Then the practice will naturally ripen and gradually you will enter wonderful states.
‘Then the practice will naturally ripen and gradually you will enter wonderful states. If you practise in such a way for a very long time, then you will surely realise great awakening.’
Kusan Sunim
Morning meditation — Spontaneous wisdom.
‘Spontaneous wisdom
Throughout time and space
Nothing is illuminated;
This is most profound.
Knowing dharmas is non-knowing;
Non-knowing is knowing the essential’
Niutou Farong
Morning Meditation — The greatest determination.
‘The greatest determination is similar to the one of a beginner who has just started practising meditation.’
Kusan Sumin
Buddhism now 