‘Until a person truly forgets the self, it won’t be possible to truly practice and become the teaching of Shakyamuni.’
Harada Sekkei Roshi
Chan / Seon / Zen
Morning meditation: Be Brave Enough.
‘Do that! Love has to be brave enough to drink up the person entirely ― poison and all.’
Trevor Leggett
Morning meditation: The Supreme Path.
‘On the supreme path of the nature of reality itself, where nothing whatsoever manifests, if one does not search for anything and is free of thoughts, this is the space of meditation.’
Tantra of Meditation on Bodhicitta.
Matsuo Basho
Matsuo Basho was one of the most famous Zen poets of Japan.
Morning meditation: Faith Without Understanding.
‘Faith without understanding increases ignorance; understanding without faith increases subjective opinions.’
Young-Ming
Morning meditation — Old Buddhas.
‘Fragrance of chrysanthemums in Nara there are so many old Buddha statues
(菊の香や奈良には古き仏たち)’
Matsuo Basho.
Morning meditation — In Front of the Patriarch’s Room.
‘In front of the Patriarch’s room
The road is smooth
A thousand years pass in vain
Moss grows
Bright moon
Shines like snow
The Second Patriarch
His arm severed
Still hasn’t arrived.’
Jakushitsu Genkō
Morning meditation — The Unborn does not.
‘The unborn does not come within the realm of time.’
Diana St Ruth
Buddhism now 