‘Forty-eight years! 48 years! I’m all done with the ignorant and wise I am no hero My way to Nirvana is serene and peaceful.’
Zen master Tosotsu’s last poem in 1091
‘Forty-eight years! 48 years! I’m all done with the ignorant and wise I am no hero My way to Nirvana is serene and peaceful.’
Zen master Tosotsu’s last poem in 1091
‘Allow the mind to rest in the uncreated like for example the pouring of water into water. The mind should be allowed its own easy mental posture in its natural condition, clear vibrant.’
The Bardo Thödol
‘In one instant infinite numbers of kalpas are realised.
There is no leaving, no coming, and no abiding.’
Kegon-kyo
‘The spiritual care of others is the gravest responsibility.’
John Snelling
‘Buddha refused to have any dealing with those things which don’t lead to the extinction of Dukkha.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
‘This liberation is water, because it rains great compassion on sentient beings.’
Avalokiteshvara
‘Buddhist practice is the function of awakening. Awakening is the function Buddhist practice.’
Everyday Buddhism
‘This liberation is endless because it’s perceived by the eye of enlightenment beings.’
Avalokiteshvara