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  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘The true experience of Zen.. is not some ecstasy or some mysterious state of mind, but…

  • Taigen Dan Leighton

    ‘Inspired by [the] Flower Ornament Sutra, the Chinese Huayan teachers were able to articulate a profound dialectical…

  • Ashwani Peetush

    ‘I should again like to note the overlap of the way in which a rejection of…

  • The Diamond Sutra

    ‘Therefore then, Subhuti, the Bodhisattva, the great being, should produce an unsupported thought, i.e. a thought…

  • Carole Cadwalladr

    ‘Misogyny isn’t bad people saying bad things that may hurt your feelings. (Though it might.) And…

  • Hongzhi

    The real mark is the mark of no mark;
The real mind is the mind of no…

  • Dogen

    ‘Do not take up the buddha measure to measure and analyze the great way. The buddha…

  • Katagiri Roshi

    ‘In Buddhism, I always tell you, emptiness doesn’t mean something in vain. Emptiness is total dynamic working.…

  • August

    I notice to my chagrin, especially when I wake up at five rather than six, that…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘Whether we feel good or bad, the truth is truth. We have to try to accept…