‘Whether one goes on or returns, there is no “elsewhere”. The very body he has is, indeed, Buddha.’ Zen Master Hakuin

Sometimes it feels as if we have nowhere to turn. Maybe it’s a sudden loss, or an ongoing struggle we have been trying to manage for too long. This last year seems to have intensified the personal suffering we experience. It is as if the outside world is mirrored in...

‘After a good time, the rush of thoughts outward and inward, subsides naturally, and the true face shows itself as the solution to the koan.’ Trevor Leggett

‘Morning Meditation: Though all his life a fool associates with a wise person, he no more comprehends the Truth than a spoon tastes the soup.’ The Dhammapada

‘Buddha is the teacher who uses no words.’ Zen Graffiti

The sword which he holds in his right hand shows that he cuts off all illusionary ideas

‘No Dukkha no awakening.’ Zen Graffiti

‘The Buddha’s teaching is not complicated, but it is radical. It asks us to turn away from the constant pursuit of pleasure, power, and identity, and to rest in the reality of the present. It asks us to trust in the simplicity of awareness?’ Everyday Buddhism

‘When the mind is serene, Sleep comes easily, No bad dreams occur, One wakes happily.’ The Buddha