‘Not having attained enlightenment, however, a person holds onto name and form, praising himself and claiming his dharma to be the One Dharma.’
Bassui Tokushō
Morning Meditaton
Morning meditation — Just Because.
‘Do not let the word ’emptiness’ delude you — just because there’s no self, it doesn’t mean there is no Buddha.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — You’re no Different.
‘Followers of the way, you’re no different from Shakyamuni. [The Buddha]’
Zen Master Rinzai
Morning meditation: Ego Trip.
‘Followers of the way, if the Dharma were an ego trip, we’d all have been Buddhas long ago.’
Zen Graffiti
Morning meditation — The Paradox.
‘ The paradox of nonattachment is that when we don’t own anything, we will gain the world..’
Beopjeong Sunim
Morning meditation — All I’m Talking About.
‘Followers of the way, all I’m talking about is medicine appropriate for curing specific ailments.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Morning meditation — For the First Time.
‘Here for the first time this struck my heart, and realising the nature of birth-and-death, I grasped the essence of the Buddha-dharma.’
Ippen
Morning meditation — Sooner or Later.
‘Don’t trust yourselves to a companion who is only a phantom and a dream. Sooner or later it’ll return to impermanence.’
Zen Master Rinzai
Buddhism now 