Social Media Ideas for Chan / Seon / Zen

Morning meditation — Wherever the eye falls, Thusness.

‘Wherever the eye falls, Thusness.’ Chan Master Sengcan

Four Seasons

Teachings of Zen Master Man Gong (Part 1)

Zen Practice: The Way to Find Your True Nature1. In our world, there is no place to find your true self, nor a teacher to show you how. Only in a Zen Buddhist practice place can yo...

Morning meditation — The ultimate source of unskilful actions.

‘Those who know the teaching of the ‘Sudden’ School and attach no importance to rituals, and whose mind functions always under right views, so that they are absolutely free from de...

Morning Meditation — The True Self which is seeing has been seen into.

'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...

Morning meditation — Full of firewood, full of water.

‘I hear it spoken, my mind does not arise — This is gossip. It stops at me.’ Chan Master Fenyang

Morning meditation — None may consider himself the same a moment after.

‘None may consider himself the same a moment after.’ Chan Master Fenyang

Morning meditation — Realise the Truth within.

‘Those who are able to realise the Truth within their own mind have sown the seed of Buddhahood. Hui Neng

Morning Meditation — The goodness of Vimalakirti enters the gate.

'The motto for becoming genuine: nothing is gained by speaking. The goodness of Vimalakirti enters the gate of nonduality.' Hongzhi Zhengjue

Morning meditation — You should know by yourself what is holy and what is ordinary.

‘None may consider himself the same a moment after.’ Chan Master Fenyang

Morning Meditation — l’ve come to solve the question of life and death.

‘A monk once asked Zen master Egen “l've come to solve the question of life and death”. Egen drove him away saying, “at Egens place there is no such thing as life and death!”’ Zen...

Just This: Discovering Your Buddha Nature

What Is Strong Sitting?

Morning Meditation: Buddha is someone who finds freedom.

‘Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.’ Bodhidharma

Four Circumstances For Practice

The True Job of Enlightenment | Beyond Silence and Solitude

Morning Meditaton — If you have genuine insight.

‘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

The Living Form of Zen

Why monastic practice still matters in the digital age The post The Living Form of Zen appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Morning meditation — Whatever is impermanent is suffering.

‘None may consider himself the same a moment after.’ Chan Master Fenyang

Morning meditation — This is gossip. It stops at me.

‘I hear it spoken, my mind does not arise — This is gossip. It stops at me.’ Chan Master Fenyang

Morning Meditation — Beware of random judgements.

‘Beware of random judgements. I say it clearly as it is — to understand or not to understand, both are mistaken.’ Zen Master Rinzai

Why Buddhist Monks Sweep the Same Courtyard Every Day

Sweeping courtyards, scrubbing floors: how monastery chores became one of the oldest meditation practices in the world.

Searching for the Korean Buddha

On Monday, the people of Korea get a national holiday. No work. No school. No rush hour traffic and packed subways as people scramble to their offices. Just a nice long weekend as...

Morning Meditation — How can the delusive thoughts of living beings be destroyed?

‘Q: How can the delusive thoughts of living beings be destroyed? A: In so far as one sees dilutive thoughts and their destruction, one will never leave the delusive thoughts.’ A Di...