‘Even if you seem to be a beginner, if the mind is turned around for a moment to reveal its originally inherent qualities, nothing at all is lacking.’
Transmission of the Lamp
Chan / Seon / Zen
Morning meditation — I have Eyes, Ears, a Nose.
‘I have eyes, ears, a nose, a tongue, and so on; why does the Heart sutra say they don’t exist?’
Tung-Shan
Morning meditation — One comes across a weed.
‘One comes across a weed, and it turns out to be an orchid.’
Zen Master Yunmen
Morning meditation — When Trying to be Still.
‘When trying to be still by stopping movement, the stillness itself is kept in motion; persisting with any extreme, how can you know the One?’
Seng-ts’an
Morning meditation — Looking Inward, you Discover.
‘Looking inward, you discover meaning, but by chasing externals, you go further from the source.’
Seng-ts’an
Morning Meditation: Mind Through Endless Kalpas.
‘Mind through endless kalpas without beginning, has never varied. It has never lived or died, appeared or disappeared, increased or decreased.’
Bodhidharma
Morning meditation — True Insight, in a Moment.
‘True insight, in a moment, transforms the void into the world confronting you.’
Seng-ts’an
Morning meditation — Asked why he wore such a large hat.
Asked why he wore such a large hat, Zen master Huang Po replied, ‘because it has to cover the myriad worlds.’
Huang Po
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