‘I ask that you watch it carefully, this mind when it’s empty, when it’s not concocting any desires for anything, not wanting pleasure or trying to push away pain.’
Upasika Kee Nanayon
Morning Meditaton
Morning meditation — For us, to be alive is to practise.
‘For us, to be alive is to practise. The question is our very life. If we hold it continuously, this is proof that we are alive.’
Haechun Sunim
Morning meditation — The enlightenment in which you see your true mind.
‘The enlightenment in which you see your true mind and realise your true nature is transmitted outside of the scriptures; it is not based on names and words.’
Bassui Tokushō
Morning meditation — All of these names simply point to the One Mind.
‘All of these names simply point to the One Mind. Though there are ten thousand different names, there are not even two dharma realities.’
Bassui Tokushō
Morning meditation — As soon as any individual has come to perceive the emptiness of things.
‘As soon as any individual has come to perceive the emptiness of things, there arises in that person the realisation that it is not worth getting or being any of those things.’
Bodhidharma
Morning Meditation — The single phrase ‘empty of self’.
‘‘The single phrase ‘empty of self’ sums up the words ‘impermanent (anicca), unsatisfactory (dukkha) and not self (anatta)’.’’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Morning meditation — It is simply that when ordinary people hear a true discourse.
‘It is simply that when ordinary people hear a true discourse, because of their ignorance, there are a thousand variations and ten thousand distinctions.’
Bassui Tokushō
Morning meditation — In this lifetime you will awaken to your nature.
‘‘Once, I did a week of nonsleep practice all by myself. Mansong Sunim came along and said, ‘Haechun, in this lifetime you will awaken to your nature. Continue to put as much effort into your practice as you are doing right now.’’’
Haechun Sunim
