‘Once you see, after clarifying your true nature, all words return to the self like waves by the thousands returning to the sea.’
Bassui Tokushō
Han Shan
Morning meditation — He [Buddha] does not speak that which is deceitful.
‘He [Buddha] does not speak that which is deceitful, nor does he speak that which is alien. There is no mistake in even one phrase or line of the discourses of the World Honoured One.’
Bassui Tokushō
Morning meditation — What of you people? Do you know yourselves?
‘What of you people? Do you know yourselves?
When you doubt sufficiently, your enlightenment will be sufficient.’
Bassui Tokushō
Morning meditation — The moon is in the night-blue sky.
‘The moon is in the night-blue sky. This song is chanted now, without any Ch’an in the song.’
Han Shani
Morning Meditation — High on a mountain peak.
‘High on a mountain peak only boundless space is seen.’
Han Shan
Morning Meditation — How to sit in meditation.
‘How to sit in meditation, no one knows. The solitary moon shines on the icy pool, but in the pool there is no moon.’
Han Shan
Cold Mountain: Chinese poet Han Shan
Han Shan wrote poems for everyone, not just the educated elite. A man free of spiritual doctrine, it is unclear whether or not he was a monk, whether he was a Buddhist or a Taoist, or both. It is not even certain he ever lived, but the poems do. Short film (about 30 minutes)
Buddhism now 