Miscellaneous Talks on Zen Practice
Heart Sutra, Part 3
The bodhisattva lives by prajna paramita, with no hindrance in the mind, no hindrance and therefore no fear. Far beyond delusive thinking, right here is nirvana. ...
Heart Sutra Part 2
All things are essentially empty, not created, not destroyed, not stained, not pure, without loss, without gain. ...
The Heart Sutra, First Section
Form is no other than emptiness; emptiness no other than form. Form is exactly emptiness; emptiness exactly form. ...
Genjokoan, Paragraph 1, an Introduction
As all things are buddha-dharma, there is delusion and realization....As the myriad things are without an abiding self, there is no delusion, no realization.... ...
The Sixth Chinese Ancestor, Daikan Enô, from the Thirty-third Case of the Denkôroku, Compiled by Keizan Zenji
The sound of the mortar is high outside the empty emerald-blue (sky). The white moon is tossed in the winnow of the clouds – deep and pure is the night. ...
Dana, Giving
Dana, which means “giving”, is a very important concept and a very important practice in all of the major religions of the world, including Christianity, in which it goes by the name, ...
Case 29, Enô’s “Not the Wind; Not the Flag”
“Gentlemen! It is not the wind that moves; it is not the flag that moves; it is your mind that moves.” ...
Denkoroku #33, The Story of Eno, The Sixth Ancestor
Daikan Eno Zenji, 33rd ancestor in line from the Buddha, 6th ancestor in line from Bodhidharma PART ONE He worked in the rice-hulling quarter of Ôbai. Ôbai is the ...
Koans
A monk asked Joshu, "What is the meaning of the Patriarch's coming from the west?" Joshu said, "The Oak Tree in the Garden." ...