‘The enlightenment in which you see your true mind and realise your true nature is transmitted outside of the scriptures; it is not based on names and words.’ Bassui Tokushō

Brahmaviharas (The Four Immeasurables): Equanimity, Loving Kindness, Compassion, and Sympathetic Joy.

When I took my first steps down the Buddhist path I learned several uncomfortable truths about myself. For example, I learned that much of my suffering was self-created. Sometimes, my mind was clouded by feelings of greed, anger, and ignorance, which caused me to make...

‘All of these names simply point to the One Mind. Though there are ten thousand different names, there are not even two dharma realities.’ Bassui Tokushō

Finding the right words to say can often be challenging, and it is most difficult when we are trying to offer words of sympathy and hopefully comfort to someone who's lost a loved one. We often think, "What do I even say? What difference will it make?" But, it makes a...

‘As soon as any individual has come to perceive the emptiness of things, there arises in that person the realisation that it is not worth getting or being any of those things.’ Bodhidharma

La atención plena es tanto un poder mental esencial como una práctica intencionada. Es la capacidad universal de la mente para ser consciente, concentrarse y utilizar su inteligencia natural. Está presente no sólo en nosotros, sino en todos los seres. La atención...

‘‘The single phrase ‘empty of self’ sums up the words ‘impermanent (anicca), unsatisfactory (dukkha) and not self (anatta)’.’’ Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

‘It is simply that when ordinary people hear a true discourse, because of their ignorance, there are a thousand variations and ten thousand distinctions.’ Bassui Tokushō

Early Orientalist scholars of Buddhism working under colonialism had little interest in the diversity and vitality of living Buddhist cultures. Instead, they cherry-picked the Buddhist teachings to fit their own modernist, Protestant worldview. This ahistorical...