‘Thoughts arise and pass away,
The preceding no different from the succeeding.
If the succeeding thought does not arise,
The preceding thought cuts itself off.’
Niutou Farong
Chan / Seon / Zen
Morning meditation — What of you people? Do you know yourselves?
‘What of you people? Do you know yourselves?
When you doubt sufficiently, your enlightenment will be sufficient.’
Bassui Tokushō
Morning meditation — Wakeful without wandering.
‘Wakeful without wandering,
The mind is tranquil yet bright.
All phenomena are real and eternal,
Profuse, yet of a single form.’
Niutou Farong
Morning meditation – There is nothing to do but accept the present as-it-is.
‘There is nothing to do but accept the present as-it-is.’
Harada Sekkei Roshi
Meeting between Yaoshan and Li Ao
Seeing your face is not as good as hearing your name.
Morning meditation — The moon is in the night-blue sky.
‘The moon is in the night-blue sky. This song is chanted now, without any Ch’an in the song.’
Han Shani
Morning meditation — With practice hidden, function secretly.
‘With practice hidden, function secretly, like a fool, like an idiot.
Just to continue in this way is called the host within the host.’
Nan-yüan
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
Buddhism now 