‘Neither clear nor clouded,
Neither shallow nor deep.
Originally it was not ancient;
At present it is not modern.’
Niutou Farong
Chan / Seon / Zen
Morning Meditation — A water bird comes and goes.
‘A water bird comes and goes, leaving no traces at all. Yet it knows how to go its own way.‘
Mumonkan
Morning meditation — Don’t seek externals.
‘Don’t seek externals, rest in the life of reality.’
Zen Graffiti
Morning meditation — Bodhi has always existed.
‘Bodhi has always existed;
No need to preserve it.
Vexation has never existed,
No need to eliminate it.’
Niutou Farong
Morning meditation — Between mind and mind there is no gap.
‘Between mind and mind there is no gap.
They all flow into the sea of original nature.’
Nan-yüan
Morning meditation — Sages seek from mind and not from the Buddha.
‘Sages seek from mind and not from the Buddha, whereas those who seek from the Buddha and not from mind are fools!’
Zen Master Hui Hai
Morning meditation – A Buddha is a person without ego-self.
‘In terms of a human being, a Buddha is a person without ego-self. This means that for sentient beings there is no centre or self-nature. In Buddhism, this is explained as the law of causality.’
Harada Sekkei Roshi
Morning meditation — One comes across a weed.
‘One comes across a weed, and it turns out to be an orchid.’
Zen Master Yunmen
Buddhism now 