‘Those who seek for the Tathagata should seek for the self. For ‘self’ and ‘Buddha’ are synonymous.’
Prajnaparamita
Mahayana
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
Evening meditation — The real function of zazen is.
‘The real function of zazen is not to rest the mind but to establish a base or foundation for it.’
Rindo Fujimoto Roshi
Evening meditation — If zazen were only a rest for the brain.
‘If zazen were only a rest for the brain, it would be better to lie down than to sit in zazen.’
Rindo Fujimoto Roshi
Afternoon meditation — Panacea to hundreds of ills.
‘Bodhicitta is the panacea to hundreds of ills.’
Everyday Buddhist
Morning meditation — Since everything is impermanent.
‘Since everything is impermanent, devoid of self, refugeless, protectorless, and homeless, free your mind from Samsara.’
Arya Nagarjuna
Morning meditation — All things arise dependently from causes.
‘All things arise dependently from causes. They neither existent nor nonexistent. Are without self experiencer or doer.’
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
Buddhism now 