Tuesday 29 July 2008
A monk asked Ma-tsu: "What was the mind of Bodhidharma when he came from the west?"
Ma-tsu replied: "What is your mind at this moment?"
- Zen mondo
Wednesday 30 July 2008
Do you want to see the gold-faced Buddha? Through countless ages, he is always on the way.
- Zen saying
Thursday 31 July 2008
When worn out
and seeking an inn -
wisteria flowers!
- Bashō
Friday 1 August 2008
What is the mind like if it's not occupied with plans and schemes, and fears that the plans and schemes will fail? What if your unexamined beliefs were to fall away and you were to live without them, and also to live without the thought that you had given anything up?
- John Tarrant
Saturday 2 August 2008
With no-mind, blossoms invite the butterfly. With no-mind, the butterfly visits the blossoms. When the flower blooms, the butterfly comes.
- Ryōkan
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