‘There’s a unborn unbecome unmade unconditioned. If there were no unborn-unconditioned, no escape would be possible from the born.’
The Buddha
‘There’s a unborn unbecome unmade unconditioned. If there were no unborn-unconditioned, no escape would be possible from the born.’
The Buddha
‘Don’t invite the future.’
Words of my Perfect Teacher
‘Even if you explain 1000s of sutras and shastras, unless you see your nature, yours is the teaching of a mortal, not a Buddha.’
Bodhidharma
‘Meditate for its own sake — for awakening.’
Everyday Buddhism
‘Those who have found the way, practise in solitude, walking alone. But they roam nirvana together.’
Zen master Hsuan Chuen
‘‘‘What is suppressed is expressed.’’ If you push it out of sight in one place, it just pops up somewhere else or in another guise.’
John Aske
‘When you hear that all beings are Buddha, don’t fall into the error of thinking there’s more than one Buddha.’
Zen Graffiti
‘Buddha doesn’t observe precepts, doesn’t do good or evil, isn’t energetic or lazy, Buddha does nothing. Buddha isn’t a Buddha.’
Bodhidharma