‘A water bird comes and goes, leaving no traces at all. Yet it knows how to go its own way.‘
Mumonkan
Mumonkan
Morning Meditation — Asked why he taught mind is Buddha.
Asked why he taught mind is Buddha Ma-tsu said ‘to stop a baby crying’.
The Monk then asked ‘What’s it like when the baby stops crying?’
Ma-tsu said ‘No mind no Buddha’.
Ma-tsu
Morning Meditation — Do not let the word ‘Tao’ delude you.
‘Do not let the word ‘Tao’ delude you; Realise it is nothing else than what you do morning and night.’
Shido Bunan
Morning Meditation — Ordinary Mind is Tao.
‘Ordinary Mind is Tao. Hundreds of flowers in spring, the moon in autumn.’
Mumonkan
Afternoon Meditaton — Have you eaten breakfast?
A monk said to Joshu: ‘I have just entered the monastery. Please teach me.’
Joshu said, `Have you eaten breakfast?’
The monk said, `Yes, I have.’
`Then wash your bowls and put them away,’ said Joshu.
Zen Master Rinzai
Morning Meditation — The Great Way has no gate.
‘The Great Way has no gate, a thousand different paths.
If you pass through this gateless gate, you’ll walk freely in the Universe.’
Zen master Mumon
Morning Meditation — In one instant, as it is.
‘In one instant, as it is, is an infinite number of kalpas.
An infinite number of kalpas are at the same time this one instant.
If you see into this fact,
The True Self which is seeing has been seen into.’
Zen master Mumon
Morning Meditation —If you are free from life and death.
‘If you are free from life and death, you know where you will go.
When the four elements are decomposed, where do you go?’
Zen master Tosotsu
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