‘The true person is not anyone in particular.’
Dôgen Zenji
Chan / Seon / Zen
Morning meditation — To see the Absence of Thought.
‘To see the absence of thought is to master all the dharmas. To see the absence of thought is to embrace all the dharmas.’
Shen Hui
Morning meditation — The Confused Pronounce.
‘The confused pronounce [Prajna] with their mouths; the wise live it in their minds.’
Hui Neng
Morning meditation — If You Become Attached To.
‘If you become attached to the desire for illumination, then it will become a source of delusion.’
Bankei
Morning meditation — No Greatness or Smallness.
‘Followers of the way: There is no greatness or smallness in Prajna wisdom.’
Hui Neng
Morning meditation — Thoughts arise Temporarily.
‘Thoughts arise temporarily in response to what you see and hear; they haven’t any real existence of their own.’
Bankei
Morning meditation — Zen sitting is not some sort of.
‘Zen sitting is not some sort of operation to be performed. It is going into one’s true original nature before father or mother were born.’
Zen Master Bukko
Morning meditation — For One whose Tongue is Ready.
‘For one whose tongue is ready with good words but whose heart is impure, Samadhi and Prajna are useless.’
Hui Neng
Buddhism now 