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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...

What Is Strong Sitting?

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...

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

Just This: Discovering Your Buddha Nature

Trusting "Don't Know"

Four Seasons

Four Circumstances For Practice

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 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

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 — Wherever the eye falls, Thusness.

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

The True Job of Enlightenment | Beyond Silence and Solitude

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 — 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

What Is Our Motivation?

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 — 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: Buddha is someone who finds freedom.

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

The Living Form of Zen

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Morning meditation — Whatever is impermanent is suffering.

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

Drawing from the Wellspring Within

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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