‘The emptiness of the sea lets waves rise, the emptiness of the mountain valley makes the voice echo, the emptiness of the heart makes the Buddha.’
Trevor Leggett
Trevor Leggett
Trevor Leggett (1914 – 2000), was one of the leading writers on Zen Buddhism in the West.
Morning meditation — When you empty the heart, things appear as in a mirror.
‘When you empty the heart, things appear as in a mirror, shining there without differences in them: ‘‘Life and death is an illusion, and all the buddhas one’s own body’’.’
Trevor Leggett
Morning meditation — Two extremes — blind faith without enquiry, and enquiry which is no real enquiry at all.
‘Two extremes — blind faith without enquiry, and enquiry which is no real enquiry at all; it’s just an endless sort of doubt, and lacks focus.’
Trevor Leggett
Morning meditation — Practise till it is no longer practice.
‘Practise till it is no longer practice but a natural movement. Then, in a crisis, there is a sort of calm, an inner calm, a sort of coolness inside.’
Trevor Leggett
Morning meditation — After a good time, the rush of thoughts outward and inward.
‘After a good time, the rush of thoughts outward and inward, subsides naturally, and the true face shows itself as the solution to the koan.’
Trevor Leggett
Morning meditation — A reasonably controlled lifestyle.
‘A reasonably controlled lifestyle is necessary for serious practice.’
Trevor Leggett
Morning meditation — Somebody who is always saying, ‘I’m no good,’.
‘Somebody who is always saying, ‘I’m no good,’ won’t try at anything because, ‘Things always go wrong for me.
The teacher said that people today, and always, sell themselves cheap.’
Trevor Leggett
Morning meditation — Even in very difficult circumstances.
‘Even in very difficult circumstances there will be an inner serenity and there will be an inner peace.’
Trevor Leggett
