‘If one sits dozing in dullness assuming that maintaining silence is Son (Zen mediation) how can spiritual powers possibly manifest.’‘If one sits dozing in dullness assuming that maintaining silence is Son (Zen mediation) how can spiritual powers possibly manifest.’
Chinul Sunim
‘Don’t give rise to the annihilation view; don’t grasp at either voidness or existence.’
Chinul Sunim
‘Do that! Love has to be brave enough to drink up the person entirely ― poison and all.’
Trevor Leggett
‘On the supreme path of the nature of reality itself, where nothing whatsoever manifests, if one does not search for anything and is free of thoughts, this is the space of meditation.’
Tantra of Meditation on Bodhicitta.
‘Faith without understanding increases ignorance; understanding without faith increases subjective opinions.’
Young-Ming
‘Even though our practices may have brought no results so far, we should not forget our seeds of goodness which can mature into superior conditions.’
Chinul Sunim
‘If we don’t search for the root but grasp at appearances and search outside, we’ll become the laughing stock of the wise.’
Chinul Sunim
Your paying homage to the Buddha proceeds from certain conditions latent within your true original nature. These are deep impressions that you have received from the Buddha. And they were not received in vain. They are like sounds near a mountain that will be followed by their echo…
Buddhism now 