‘To generate bodhi-mind is to arouse the mind that vows to save all sentient beings.’
Harada Sekkei Roshi
Harada Sekkei Roshi
Morning meditation: As Long as You do not Understand.
‘As long as you do not understand the Way of Buddha, you think that practice is the result of the Way.’
Harada Sekkei Roshi
Morning meditation: Are you Awake?
‘Zuigan would call to himself, “Are you awake?” Then answer, “Yes!”
Then he’d say, “Don’ t be fooled by others.”
And would answer, “No, no!”.’
Harada Sekkei Roshi
Morning meditation: Become the Teachings.
‘Until a person truly forgets the self, it won’t be possible to truly practice and become the teaching of Shakyamuni.’
Harada Sekkei Roshi
Accepting the Moment ‘Now’, by Harada Sekkei Roshi
When I forgot myself, it was exactly like that. There was nothing obtained and nothing was thrown away.
The Four Vows. Harada Sekkei Roshi
As expressed in these words, we vow to awaken to the Way of Buddha. To receive the precepts means that by repeatedly making repentance, it is possible to awaken to the Dharma and this is why we chant these vows. Using these four vows as a common guide for all mankind…
There is No Buddha-Dharma Outside the Mind, by Harada Sekkei Roshi
If you say there is not enough, there is nothing lacking. This is the mind which neither increases nor decreases and which is completely free and unrestricted. To really study and investigate this mind is the Dharma vehicle of the ancient Buddhas; it is the gate to the Dharma…
Buddha is only a provisional name, by Harada Sekkei Roshi
No matter how much we think about the past, it isn’t possible to change it…
Buddhism now 