‘We turned our backs (on our Original-nature), so do not advocate searching outside for it. Having fully exposed the precious jewel, we do not know it as precious.’
Kusan Sunim
Kusan Sunim
Morning meditation — Furthermore, all ways of earning a living and all arts.
‘Furthermore, all ways of earning a living and all arts and crafts are the form and functioning of this bright universal wisdom. There is no distinction whatsoever.’
Kusan Sunim
Morning meditation — The tongue which produces careless speech.
‘The tongue which produces careless speech is like an axe used to kill oneself.’
Kusan Sunim
Morning meditation — If you have understood, you walk hand in hand with all the Buddhas.
‘Again I ask you, can you fully comprehend the Unmoving Ground you were originally endowed with before your parents gave birth to you? If you have understood, you walk hand in hand with all the Buddhas and Patriarchs of the three time-periods.’
Kusan Sunim
Morning meditation — Buddhas and sentient beings.
‘Followers of the way Buddhas and sentient beings are not two.’
Kusan Sunim
Morning meditation — If, in one thought, we suddenly transcend samsara.
‘If, in one thought, we suddenly transcend samsara, we can apprehend and defeat the buddhas and patriarchs.’
Kusan Sunim
Morning meditation — It is incorrect to base one’s life upon the fragments of understanding.
‘It is incorrect to base one’s life upon the fragments of understanding which might occur upon reaching certain states.’
Kusan Sunim
Morning meditation — Wrong views are the activity of the ignorant.
‘Wrong views are the activity of the ignorant consciousness conditioned by the circumstances in which one is enmeshed.’
Kusan Sunim
