August 2017

Kobun Chino

‘Everybody knows that seeking your own peaceful spirit is up to your own practice, and it’s…
Bodhidharma

‘Delusion means mortality. And awareness means buddhahood. They’re not the same. And they’re not different. It’s…
Adyashanti

‘As long as you identify yourself with the projection of separateness, you will continue to deny…
The Reality of All Things

I think it is typical that people who practise non-residentially, and for whom attending a retreat…
Sekito Kisen

A person doesn’t know what he’s doing, Lets it all happen naturally. All the sages in…
Shodo Harada

‘No matter how much we have we always want more. This greedy love that always wants…
Katagiri Roshi

‘There are many interesting things to do in the human world. To do as much as…
Sharon Salzberg

‘It is only due to our concepts that we feel separate from the world. We are…
Joshu

‘A monk asked Joshu, “What is my essence?” Joshu said, “The tree sways, the bird flies…
Dogen

‘With one phrase that expresses the essence, a block of ice melts and a tile breaks.…