‘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
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 — 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 — If you see into your true nature.
‘If you see into your true nature, upon forgetting thoughts and imaginings, you will turn the karma of ignorance into the great sea of liberation’
Bassui Tokushō
Morning meditation — All of you!
‘All of you! If you want to return to your homes, simply wake up to your true nature.’
Bassui Tokushō
Morning meditation — To free oneself from bondage is easy.
‘To free oneself from bondage is easy, but the way of freedom is difficult.’
Kyōshō
Bassui Tokushō
Morning meditation — When you know it [habit] as illusion.
‘When you know it [habit] as illusion, you are at that moment separate from it and have no need for any expedient means.’
Bassui Tokushō
Morning meditation — Whoever perceives that all characteristics.
‘Whoever perceives that all characteristics are in fact no-characteristics perceives the Tathagata.’
Diamond Sutra.
Bassui Tokushō
Buddhism now 