‘The point is not the number of koans, the point is to see clearly what this life really is.’
Taizan Maezumi Roshi
‘The point is not the number of koans, the point is to see clearly what this life really is.’
Taizan Maezumi Roshi
‘The Buddha Way is boundless, and its accomplishment and actualisation goes on endlessly.’
Taizan Maezumi Roshi
To experience kensho is to see that this life, as it is, is the very life of the Buddha.
Awakening is the very core of the Buddha’s teaching, but if we are thinking about awakening we are separating ourselves from it…
It’s not a matter of intellectually figuring out what mu is. To see muji you must put yourself completely into it until you are mu itself. Concentrate on muji until you and muji become one thing, and then keep on working.
Life always presents us with pairs. There are always two aspects that complement each other—sun and moon, day and night, mother and father, life and death.
Whether we know it or not, this life is an abundant treasure house.