‘I laugh to see what happens in samsara’s show.’
Words of my Perfect Teacher
‘I laugh to see what happens in samsara’s show.’
Words of my Perfect Teacher
‘The Buddha rarely described his awakening in detail. When asked to explain the nature of his enlightenment, he often remained silent, or he responded in ways that encouraged his followers to look inward rather than cling to his words.’
Everyday Buddhism
‘Bodhi originally exists — no need to guard it. Delusion originally empty — no need to eliminate it.’
Zen Master Niutou
‘When you sit, you’re sitting and when you stand, you’re standing, and there is no contradiction.
The contradiction takes place in your mind when you make a distinction applying the past to the present.’
Gien Inour Roshi
‘Reflective thought, isn’t a judgement, it’s not should or shouldn’t; it’s saying: There’s suffering; there’s this feeling of pain; there’s this feeling of anguish, there’s a recognition of the way things happen to be as an individual being.’
Ajahn Sumedho
‘If you are careless about little things, you will accomplish nothing. Every- body — Wake up!’
Zen Master Hakuin
‘Having transcended all conceptual views, being pure and peaceful within, well liberated and independent, one goes beyond all attachment.’
The Buddha
Udāna Sutra
‘Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so too this Dhamma-Vinaya has one taste, the taste of liberation.’
The Buddha
Udāna Sutra