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Master Linji said that when we meet the ghost Buddha, we should cut off his head. Whether we’re looking inside or outside ourselves, we need to cut off the head of whatever we meet, and abandon the views and ideas we have about things, including our ideas about Buddhism and Buddhist teachings.
Thich Nhat Hanh • Zen Battles: Modern Commentary on the Teachings of Master Linji
TWENTY-FIVE: “Subhuti, what do you think? Does it occur to the Tathagata: ‘I rescue beings?’ Surely, Subhuti, you should hold no such view. And why not? Subhuti, the being does not exist who is rescued by the Tathagata. Subhuti, if any being were rescued by the Tathagata, the Tathagata would be attached to a self. He would be attached to a being, a
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Ryan Holiday • Stillness Is the Key
“Therefore, Subhuti, fearless bodhisattvas should get rid of all perceptions in giving birth to the thought of unexcelled, perfect enlightenment. They should not give birth to a thought attached to a sight, nor should they give birth to a thought attached to a sound, a smell, a taste, a touch, or a dharma.
Red Pine • The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom
The meaning is that no distinction is to be made between the realization of awakening (satori) and the cultivation of Zen in meditation and action. Whereas it might be supposed that the practice of Zen is a means to the end of awakening, this is not so. For the practice of Zen is not the true practice so long as it has an end in view, and when it h
... See moreAlan W. Watts • The Way of Zen
Sometime later in his career, after he has realized the teaching of this sutra, he tells his fellow disciple Shariputra, “Thus should bodhisattvas stand and walk: they should resolve that ‘as the Tathagata does not stand anywhere and does not not stand anywhere and does not stand apart and does not not stand apart, so will I stand. And as the Tatha
... See moreRed Pine • The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom
“Who looks for me in form / who seeks me in a voice / indulges in wasted effort / such people see me not.”
Red Pine • The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom
Thus, the Buddha agrees that it is as Subhuti says, that the Tathagata’s greatest blessing and instruction consists of his everyday acts of wearing his robe and carrying his bowl and not only of his discourses.”
Red Pine • The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom
In truth nothing arises from causes / nor does anything cease / regard