Sublime

In Japanese, zaishö means a clear way of looking at matters that interfere with deeper understandings of ourselves and the world.

The goal of the Zen koan is enlightenment, which is a profound change of heart. This change of heart makes the world seem like a different place; with it comes a freedom of mind and an awareness of the joy and kindness underlying daily life.

boddhisattva.

Even if you have done nothing wrong at all And someone still tries to take your head off, Spurred by compassion Take all his or her venom into you — this is the practice of a bodhisattva.

The contribution of Zen to Japanese culture has by no means been confined to bushido. It has entered into almost every aspect of the people’s life–their architecture, poetry, painting, gardening, their athletics, crafts, and trades; it has penetrated the everyday language and thought of the most ordinary folk. For by the genius of such Zen monks as

But what sets the Lanka apart is that it points readers beyond the teachings of the early Yogacara to their own minds. Pointing directly at the mind was and still is a hallmark of the Zen school of Buddhism. And the man who brought Zen to China was from the area just north of Lanka near the seaport of Kanchipuram.

Dropping Ashes on the Buddha. It’s by Zen Master Seung Sahn,