‘Those who negate too much fall into nihilism.
Those who negate too little fall into eternalism.’
Nagarjuna
Mahayana
Morning meditation — Those who do not see Suchness.
‘Morning Meditation: Those who do not see Suchness are attached to the world and Nirvana, but those who see Suchness are not attached to either.’
Nagarjuna
Some Guanyins (Avalokiteshvara) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The world of all living things is but emptiness,
And so Guanyin’s compassionate heart is at rest.
Morning meditation — There can be no Awakening as long as.
‘There can be no awakening as long as there’s any concept or image. All concepts and images are relative and phenomenal.’
Rindo Fujimoto Roshi
Morning meditation — The Clear Wind and the Bright Moon.
‘The clear wind and the bright moon demonstrate the great truth.’
Kusan Sunim
Morning meditation — When one is not yet near Nirvana.
‘When one is not yet near Nirvana, there are many other paths, but when one is near Nirvana, there is only a single path.’
Suramgama Samadhi Sutra
Morning meditation —Perceptions Employed as a Base.
‘Perceptions employed as a base for building up positive concepts are the origin of all ignorance.’
Surangama Sutra
Morning meditation — Because there is no Origination.
‘Because there is no origination there is no duration and no destruction.’
Nagarjuna
Buddhism now 