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Zen masters looked for something better suited to larger audiences of varying degrees of comprehension. They found their text in the Diamond Sutra.
Red Pine • The Lankavatara Sutra: Translation and Commentary (NONE)
We work with what we have in each and every moment.
Bernard Glassman • Instructions to the Cook: A Zen Master's Lessons in Living a Life That Matters
But in the moment when Buddhism, when philosophy or religion, becomes another way of clinging to oneself through seeking a spiritual security, the two thorns become one–and how is it to be taken out? This, as Bankei said, is “wiping off blood with blood.” Therefore in Zen there is neither self nor Buddha to which one can cling, no good to gain and
... See moreAlan W. Watts • The Way of Zen
“Have you heard the term makyo?”
Jed McKenna • Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing (The Enlightenment Trilogy Book 1)
When it is necessary to walk, walk. When it is necessary to sit, sit. Do not for a moment yearn for Buddhahood.
Thich Nhat Hanh • Zen Battles: Modern Commentary on the Teachings of Master Linji
In its stress upon naturalness, Zen is obviously the inheritor of Taoism, and its view of spontaneous action as “marvelous activity” (miao-yungd) is precisely what the Taoists meant by the word te–“virtue” with an overtone of magical power. But neither in Taoism nor in Zen does it have anything to do with magic in the merely sensational sense of
... See moreAlan W. Watts • The Way of Zen
exist as part of other compilations. T’ai-neng(1562-1649), aka T’ai-neng-weng. Korean monk and founder of Korea’s Hsiaoyao sect. His commentary is quoted by Hung-lien. T’ang dynasty(618-906). Tao-ch’uan(c.1100-1170). Linchi monk and abbot of Shihchi Temple on Chihfushan in Anhui province.