‘Instead of following other people’s spiritual guidance, it’s best to look to your own ordinary straightforward mind.’
Bankei
Bankei
Morning meditation — ‘Everybody’s mind is the Buddha Mind.
‘Everybody’s mind is the Buddha Mind, which is originally enlightened, so it’s not something that is “born” or that “dies”.’
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 — Don’t Hate the Arising of Thoughts.
‘Don’t hate the arising of thoughts or stop the thoughts that arise. Just realise that our original mind is beyond thought.’
Bankei
Ego and Mindfulness, by Corrado Pensa
Mindfulness or awareness is nonjudgemental and nonconceptual. Now, this can be a little tricky because when we hear nonjudgemental mindfulness, we may think there is a judgemental mindfulness…
Buddhism now 