‘Supposing one is living the ‘forest’ life — if that person’s religious spirit is not minutely ordered and careful, and if his thoughts are not kept pure — in what way is that different from life in a house?’
Zen Master Hakuin
Morning Meditaton
Morning meditation — If one-mindedness is impeded.
‘If one-mindedness is impeded,
All dharmas are misunderstood.
Coming and going thus,
Is there need for thorough investigation?’
Niutou Farong
Morning Meditation — Many people make a show of possessing.
‘Many people make a show of possessing the heart which is searching for the Way, as if that were a sort of ornament to exhibit. Yet it is hard to find anyone who has truly made up his or her mind to carry on the spirit of meditation.’
Zen Master Hakuin
Morning meditation — This is the Buddha’s firm and unshakeable awareness.
‘This is the Buddha’s firm and unshakeable awareness that watches over and protects the mind.’
Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — The exploration of the illusion of self.
‘The exploration of the illusion of self is not merely an intellectual exercise, but a profound journey towards the heart of reality, where the dualities of self and other, form and emptiness, dissolve into the radiant clarity of clear awareness.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Knowing mind as no-mind.
‘Knowing mind as no-mind, neither ill nor medicine.
In confused times all matters, though troubling, are not different.
Originally nothing 0to grasp, why then use remedies?
Though magic shows exist, they’re empty appearances.’
Zen Master Niutou
Morning meditation — The Buddha’s rejection of both annihilationism and nihilism.
‘The Buddha’s path is one of practice and insight, leading each person to their own awakening, beyond words, beyond teachers, and beyond the constraints of the ordinary mind.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Without mind following things, freely playing everywhere.
‘Without mind following things, freely playing everywhere. Awakening through non-awakening, enlightenment without enlightenment. Gain and loss both cast aside, who speaks of good or bad? All actions originally without doing.’
Zen Master Niutou
Buddhism now 