‘Enlightenment and delusion never existed at the start. They’re ideas that you picked up, things your parents never taught.’
Bankei
Morning Meditaton
Morning meditation: Another Name for the Buddha.
‘TATHAGATA: Thus come; one who neither comes nor goes; one who has attained full enlightenment. Another name for the Buddha and a name the Buddha often used when referring to himself.’
Everyday Buddhist
Morning meditation: This is the Self Before.
‘This is the self before something runs through our consciousness.’
Katagiri Roshi
Morning meditation — The Way is a Fundamental Part.
‘The way is a fundamental part of everybody. Its essence is to penetrate Enlightenment and to leave no trace of this attainment.’
Bassui Tokushō
Morning meditation — Don’t Hate the Arising of Thoughts.
‘Don’t hate the arising of thoughts or stop the thoughts that arise. Just realise that our original mind is beyond thought.’
Bankei
Morning meditation — The Essence of Emptiness.
‘The essence of emptiness is the non-existence of duality.’
Madhyānta-vibhāga
Morning meditation — We can’t act upon.
‘We can’t act upon everything we see or hear.’
Ayya Khema
Morning meditation — When you see the Moon.
‘When you see the moon yourself, you realise there is no moon to point to after all.’
Bassui Tokushō
Buddhism now 