...

How many koans
have ever been written by
a cat in the road?

When we reach the ultimate stillness,
We joyfully become aware
That this mind of ours is empty,
Without any things,
And extends infinitely
In all directions.

~ Luo Hongxian (1504-1564)

It has no inside or outside that can
Be pointed to, no motion or
Stillness that can be separated.
From ancient to modern, it all forms
A single whole.
As the saying goes, it is nowhere
And everywhere.

~ Luo Hongxian (1504-1564)

this sounds familiar
good thoughts are worth rereading


Every day priests minutely
examine the Dharma
and endlessly chant
complicated sutras.
They should learn
how to read the love letters
sent by the wind and rain,
the snow and moon.

~ Ikkyu (1394-1491)

@rookie54 said
this sounds familiar
good thoughts are worth rereading


Every day priests minutely
examine the Dharma
and endlessly chant
complicated sutras.
They should learn
how to read the love letters
sent by the wind and rain,
the snow and moon.

~ Ikkyu (1394-1491)

@rookie54 said
When we reach the ultimate stillness,
We joyfully become aware
That this mind of ours is empty,
Without any things,
And extends infinitely
In all directions.

~ Luo Hongxian (1504-1564)

The world is unstable,
like a house on fire.
This is not a place
where you stay long.
The murderous haunt
of impermanence comes
upon you in a flash,
no matter whether
you are rich or poor,
old or young.
If you want to be no different
from a Zen master or a buddha,
just do not seek outwardly.

~ Lin-chi (d. 867)

Listening to snow

Cold night, no wind, bamboo making noises,
Noises far apart, now bunched together,
Filtering the pine-flanked lattice.
Listening with ears is less fine
Than listening with the mind.
Beside the lamp I lay
Aside the half scroll of sutra

~ Daito

The clouds of sunset
Gather in the western sky,
And over the silent silvery Han
Rises a white jade moon.
Not often does life
Bring such beauty.
Where shall I see the moon
Next year?

~ Su T’ung-Po (1037-1101)

When truly sought
Even the seeker cannot be found.
Thereupon the goal of the seeking is attained,
And the end of the search.
At this point there is
Nothing more to be sought,
And no need to seek anything.

~ Padmasambhava

what i want, cannot possibly be

@rookie54

“You can’t always get what you want, but if you try, sometimes you get what you need.”

~ The Stones

If you misunderstand your mind, you are an ordinary person; if you realize your mind, you are a sage. There is no difference at all whether man, woman, old, young, wise, foolish, human, animal, whatever. Thus, in the Lotus of Truth assembly, was it not the eight year old Naga girl who went directly south to the undefiled world Amala, sat on a jewel lotus flower, and realized universal complete enlightenment?

~ Jakush😳tsu Genko

https://www.dailyzen.com/

The roof
The roof
The roof is on fire
We don't need no water
Let the mother f'ker burn
Burn mother f'ker
Burn

-Bloodhound Gang

The moon on the water
obscures the bone in the water
but the bone is still there.