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Zen Is Keeping Don't Know Mind

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Morning Meditaton — Don’t be deluded by anyone.

‘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

How To Enter Buddhahood

A monk asked a master, "I just became a monk and would like to know how to enter Buddhahood." The master said, "Do you hear the waterfall?""Yes I do" replied the monk. The Master s...

Beyond Thinking: Returning to Your Original Nature

The World Honored One Ascends the Teaching Seat

Zen teacher and award-winning storyteller Rafe Martin explains one of the most enigmatic koans. The post The World Honored One Ascends the Teaching Seat appeared first on Tricycle:...

Seed Of Compassion And Wisdom

Morning meditation — Those who know the teaching of the ‘Sudden’ School.

‘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...

What Am I? Bringing Zen Practice Into Everyday Life

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You Understand the World—But Do You Understand Yourself?

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Morning meditation — Prajna comes from the Essence of Mind and not from an exterior source.

‘Learned Audience, all Prajna comes from the Essence of Mind and not from an exterior source. Have no mistaken notion about that. This is called 'Self-use of the True Nature'. Once...

Four Seasons

Morning meditation — If you do zazen, you get to see for yourself.

‘If you do zazen, you get to see for yourself that things just arise in your perception; where they begin and where they end you cannot know.’ Gien Inour Roshi

Before Anger, Before Kindness: Returning to Moment Mind

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 — Do not talk about the ‘Void’ all day.

‘Do not talk about the 'Void' all day without practicing it in the mind. One who does this may be likened to a self-styled king who is really a commoner. Prajna can never be attain...

Morning Meditaton — Free from fear of death.

‘Understanding life and death — free to come and go—free from fear of death. No need to look for worthiness it will arise of itself.’ Zen Master Rinzai

Morning meditation — The Prajna immanent in the Essence of Mind of every one.

‘The Prajna immanent in the Essence of Mind of every one may be likened to the rain, the moisture of which refreshes every living thing, trees and plants as well as sentient beings...

Morning meditation — An enlightened second thought makes one a Buddha.

‘A foolish passing thought makes one an ordinary man, while an enlightened second thought makes one a Buddha. A passing thought that clings to sense-objects is Klesa, while a secon...

Morning Meditation — Nothing is gained by speaking.

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

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 — Patch-robed monks roam the world.

'Patch-robed monks roam the world constantly emptying and expanding their minds.' Hongzhi Zhengjue

Morning Meditation — Deep existence is beyond forms.

'Deep existence is beyond forms, wisdom illuminates the inside of the circle. Inside the circle the self vanishes, neither existent nor nonexistent.' Hongzhi Zhengjue