‘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
Mumonkan
Morning Meditation — True nature: It is on this mountain.
‘True nature: It is on this mountain.
Because of the heavy mist, the exact location is unknown.’
An old Zen master
Morning Meditation —I tell you, my agonised crying.
‘I tell you, my agonised crying is no different at all from my joyful singing.’
Zen master Routan
Morning Meditation —48 years! I’m all done with the ignorant and wise.
‘Forty-eight years!
48 years! I’m all done with the ignorant & wise
I am no hero
My way to Nirvana is serene and peaceful.’
Zen master Tosotsu
It’s hard to let go of wishing and wanting, yearning and craving, by Diana St Ruth
That ordinary mind of ours tends to get camouflaged with desires and fantasies. It’s hard to let go of wishing and wanting, yearning and craving, and come to a stop, here, where we are. We may even think that…
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