‘When you sit, you’re sitting and when you stand, you’re standing, and there is no contradiction. The contradiction takes place in your mind when you make a distinction applying the past to the present.’ Gien Inour Roshi

‘Reflective thought, isn’t a judgement, it’s not should or shouldn’t; it’s saying: There's suffering; there's this feeling of pain; there's this feeling of anguish, there's a recognition of the way things happen to be as an individual being.’ Ajahn Sumedho

‘If you are careless about little things, you will accomplish nothing. Every- body — Wake up!’ Zen Master Hakuin

‘Having transcended all conceptual views, being pure and peaceful within, well liberated and independent, one goes beyond all attachment.’ The BuddhaUdāna Sutra

‘Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so too this Dhamma-Vinaya has one taste, the taste of liberation.’ The BuddhaUdāna Sutra

“I love your keffiyeh.” Finishing checkout at my favorite Berkeley supermarket, getting my credit card ready, I looked around for the speaker. A young woman, smiling, glanced at my checkered Palestinian scarf as she bagged groceries. “I love it too,” I replied. “This...

‘To enter non-duality means to see that I and not I are not two.’ Kusan Sunim

I Take Refuge in the Buddha  There isn’t just one Buddha, says Mushim Patricia Ikeda. The Buddha is awakened mind. When most people think of the Buddha, it’s Siddhartha Gautama they picture: the prince, who it is said, was born 2,600 years ago in Nepal, grew up to...

‘The Buddha nature is neither created nor does it change. It is free from arising and ceasing. It is naturally pure, yet obscured by adventitious stains.’ Uttaratantra

‘Before us, no thing, yet nothing lacking. Effortless wisdom naturally manifests.’ Zen Master Niutou