Q: ‘What’s genuine insight?
Zen Master Rinzai: ‘Entering the realms of worldly and sacred, the tainted and pure, seeing them all as subject to change.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Q: ‘What’s genuine insight?
Zen Master Rinzai: ‘Entering the realms of worldly and sacred, the tainted and pure, seeing them all as subject to change.’
Zen Master Rinzai
All of your perceptions, as they arise like shadows, have nothing for you to hold on to.
‘There’s a saying those who give up the most will gain the most. Think about these words when preoccupied with material possessions.’
Beopjeong Sunim
‘Nothing is more precious than to be a follower of the way who has nothing further to seek.’
Zen Master Rinzai
‘The point is not the number of koans, the point is to see clearly what this life really is.’
Taizan Maezumi Roshi
‘Even though our practices may have brought no results so far, we should not forget our seeds of goodness which can mature into superior conditions.’
Chinul Sunim
‘The precepts are a shortcut for entering the Buddha gate.’
Bassui Tokushō
‘‘The Buddha is always present so it is always the right dharma age. This is the teaching of ultimate meaning.’
Exposition of the Avatamsaka Sutra