‘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 Meditaton
Morning meditation — What is mind?
‘Q: What is mind? How can I put my mind at peace?
A: You must neither postulate a mind, nor try to compel a state of peace. That is what is called peace.
The Treatise on No-Mind.‘
Zen Master Niutou
Morning meditation — The real function of zazen is.
‘The real function of zazen is not to rest the mind but to establish a base or foundation for it.’
Rindo Fujimoto Roshi
Morning meditation — Remain in the Buddha-mind.
‘Remain in the Buddha-mind. Then you’ll never stray, then you’ll be a living Buddha for all time.’
Bankei
Morning Meditation —When we say that there is no self.
‘When we say that there is no self, people get worried, or angry. Their attachment and identification to this idea of a self is so strong.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Morning meditation — Despite their limitations, words remain indispensable.
‘Despite their limitations, words remain indispensable. The Buddhist tradition itself is built upon texts, dialogues, and commentaries—words pointing beyond words. The challenge is not to avoid language, but to use it skilfully, without becoming trapped by it.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Just as the peak of a mountain is not shaken.
‘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
Morning meditation — Atammayatā is not simply non-attachment.
‘Atammayatā is not simply non-attachment, nor is it a cold detachment from the joys and sorrows of life. It is deeper than that. It is the undoing of the compulsion to identify, to take ownership, to entangle oneself in the ceaseless whirl of becoming.’
Everyday Buddhism
