October 2015

Dogen

‘When you first seek dharma, you imagine that you are far away from its environs. But…
Lingzhao

‘Layman Pang was sitting in his thatched cottage one day, studying the sutras. “Difficult, difficult, difficult,”…
Uchiyama Roshi

‘Middle Way does not mean halfway. Nor does it mean some sort of watered-down, defeated compromise…
Chan Master Sheng Yen

‘Most of the time we have a subjective view of the world. The interesting thing is…
Sokei-An

‘In the beginning, when I was giving lectures here in New York, when I sat in…
Suzuki Roshi

‘This morning when we were bowing in the zendo, we heard a big noise overhead, because…
Shohaku Okumura

‘ “Each sense and every field Interact and do not interact; When interacting, they also merge…
Dogen

‘There is a simple way to become a buddha: when you refrain from unwholesome actions, are…
Chan Master Sheng Yen

‘In the agamas, the early Buddhist scriptures, the Buddha said, “This arises, therefore that arises; this…
The Blue Cliff Record

‘Ummon said to his disciples, “Medicine and disease cure each other. The whole world is medicine.…