‘Don’t hate the arising of thoughts or stop the thoughts that arise. Just realise that our original mind is beyond thought.’
Bankei
Bankei
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 — Enlightenment and delusion never existed.
‘Enlightenment and delusion never existed at the start. They’re ideas that you picked up, things your parents never taught.’
Bankei
Morning meditation — When you’re in harmony with the Unborn.
‘When you’re in harmony with the Unborn Buddha Mind arms and legs operate on their own.’
Bankei
Morning meditation — To say you were born a hothead.
‘To say you were born a hothead is to tax your parents with something that’s no fault of theirs From them you received Buddha-mind, nothing else.’
Bankei
Evening 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 — If You Become Attached To.
‘If you become attached to the desire for illumination, then it will become a source of delusion.’
Bankei
Morning meditation — Thoughts arise Temporarily.
‘Thoughts arise temporarily in response to what you see and hear; they haven’t any real existence of their own.’
Bankei
Buddhism now 