‘The enlightenment in which you see your true mind and realise your true nature is transmitted outside of the scriptures; it is not based on names and words.’
Bassui Tokushō
Chan / Seon / Zen
Morning meditation — When you awaken to the unique and wonderful dharma.
‘Those who seek the Buddha and dharma outside of mind are all children of rich men who have forgotten where their homes are. When you awaken to the unique and wonderful dharma of your true nature, it is as if the lost child had come home.’
Bassui Tokushō
Morning meditation — It is simply that when ordinary people hear a true discourse.
‘It is simply that when ordinary people hear a true discourse, because of their ignorance, there are a thousand variations and ten thousand distinctions. It’s like squinting your eyes to make one moon appear as two.’
Bassui Tokushō
Morning meditation — If the mind abides in no-circumstances.
‘If the mind abides in no-circumstances, then the circumstances abide in no-mind.’
Shen Hui
Morning meditation — If in the mind there is nothing different from mind.
‘If in the mind there is nothing different from mind, one does not have to stop desire.’
Shen Hui
Morning meditation — If as Buddhists we have true awareness.
‘If as Buddhists we have true awareness then morality will be our natural behaviour.’
Zen Master Bukko
Morning Meditation — Wisdom illuminates the darkness without confusion.
‘Wisdom illuminates the darkness without confusion. The Way integrates with the body without getting stuck.’
Hongzhi Zhengjue
Morning meditation — In the field of the mind.
‘In the field of the mind, there are a multitude of seeds If there is the right amount of rain, the seeds will all sprout.’
Beopjeong Sunim
Buddhism now 