This life Limitless, by Tangen Harada Roshi, Bukkoku-ji
Chan / Seon / Zen
What is a hua t’ou? Master Hsu Yun
In ancient times, the Patriarchs and Ancestors directly pointed at the mind for realisation of self-nature and attainment of Buddhahood. Like Bodhidharma who ‘quietened the mind’ and the Sixth Patriarch who only talked about ‘perception of self-nature’, all of them just advocated the outright cognizance (of it) without any more ado…
Chant the Wind, by Kusan Sunim
I venture to suggest to this assembly: ‘Even in a dirty place the true nature of all beings is always pure.’ …
Kusan Sunim bio
Kusan Sunim, Korean Seon (Ch’an Zen) Buddhist master…
Self and Body Disappear, by Myoljin Sunim
After practising meditation for a while, we must enter the state of no-self. When the self is let go of, self and body disappear, and there is great brightness. If we sit and enter the state of no-self only, however, strength will not come…
Martine Batchelor bio
Martine Batchelor was born in France in 1953…
Sudden Illumination, by Zen master Hui Hai
Sudden Illumination means deliverance while still in this life. How shall I make you understand that?…
Trevor Leggett
Trevor Leggett (1914-2000) lived for a considerable time in Japan. He was the first foreigner to obtain the Sixth Dan (senior teachers degree) in judo from Kodokan and has written several well-known books on the subject. He has also written… Read More ›
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