‘And if someone questions me on Nirvana, I show a state of quiet calm.’
Zen Master Rinzai
‘And if someone questions me on Nirvana, I show a state of quiet calm.’
Zen Master Rinzai
‘True understanding — if you have genuine insight, birth and death will not affect you, and you will be free to come and to go.’
Zen Master Rinzai
‘What students of the Way need is self-reliance don’t search outside, all is idle dust, and you cannot discern the false from the true.’
Zen Master Rinzai
‘Don’t be deluded by anyone, this is all I teach. If you want to make use of it, then use it right now without doubt or delay.’
Zen Master Rinzai
‘Be your ordinary selves with nothing to seek, relieving nature, wearing robes, eat, when tired sleep fools laugh, the wise understand.’
Zen Master Rinzai
‘Don’t be deceived. If you only think of seeking Buddha, Buddha becomes a mere name. The one who seeks Buddha, do you know him?’
Zen Master Rinzai
‘Don’t be deluded by anyone, this is all I teach. If you want to make use of it, then use it right now without doubt or delay.’
Zen Master Rinzai
‘If you stop running after fleeting thoughts, you’ll be no different from the Buddha.’
Zen Master Rinzai