There’s probably nothing more beautiful in this world than people relying on and trusting one another…
Chan / Seon / Zen
Solely from the Mind, by Kusan Sunim
If someone practises in this way, then whether walking, standing, sitting, lying, talking or not talking, in the midst of activity or nonactivity, the hwadu (Koan) will be always vivid…
Mu, by Maezumi Roshi
It’s not a matter of intellectually figuring out what mu is. To see muji you must put yourself completely into it until you are mu itself. Concentrate on muji until you and muji become one thing, and then keep on working.
Souls of Zen
This film is the only documentary based on sustained attention to the everyday lives of Buddhist professionals in the disaster zone.
We must not stay at the Zen of Words, by Haechun Sunim
We can say, ‘As yet, I do not know for myself, but the Buddha said this … And Bodhidharma said that… Let’s practice together in this way.’ This is fine! Who knows, the student may awaken before the teacher. In Buddhism, there is the saying: Although there might be a hierarchy according to who has entered the temple first, in awakening, there is no hierarchy, there is no line — it is according to our roots and our efforts.’
Have You Awakened? by Kusan Sunim
For the ninety days of this winter retreat people from nine different countries have gathered here. The times and seasons of all countries are not the same. Thus when it is winter here, it is summer elsewhere; and when it is daytime here, it is night-time elsewhere.
North, south, east and west being void, they form a single house.
Zazen is not step-by-step learning meditation, by Harada Sekkei Roshi
As long as you do not understand the Way of Buddha, you think that practice is the result of the Way.
Discovering the Text of Hui Hai, by John Blofeld
Back in my room, which even at midday was rather dark, I lighted a red votive candle and began idly glancing through the pages of the old gentleman’s gift. It proved to be a reprint of an eighth-century (T’ang dynasty) text composed by the Ch’an Master Hui Hai, together with a selection of his dialogues with his disciples…
Buddhism now 