‘When walking, naught but Ch’an; when sitting, naught but Ch’an.
Then body is at peace whether or not one talks or moves.’
Master Hsu Yun
Master Hsu Yun
What is Hua t’ou? (lit. word-head) By Master Hsu Yun
The self-nature has no beginning, being outside time.
What is a hua t’ou? Master Hsu Yun
In ancient times, the Patriarchs and Ancestors directly pointed at the mind for realisation of self-nature and attainment of Buddhahood. Like Bodhidharma who ‘quietened the mind’ and the Sixth Patriarch who only talked about ‘perception of self-nature’, all of them just advocated the outright cognizance (of it) without any more ado…
Buddhism now 