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Meditation Seed Thoughts As Namaste is to say *may the Divine Essence IN me Embrace the Divine Essence IN you as a Divine Essence of One*, so too Metta is to say *may the Loving Kindness IN me Embrace the Loving Kindness IN you as Loving Kindness of One*, so too Zikr is to say *may the Self Remembering IN me Embrace the Self Remembering IN you as a Self Remembrance of One*. It is in the Inner Embracing of each other that we Realize that we are all cut from the same bolt of cloth yet most do not Realize it yet. -- Yogajyotii With desire the world is tied down. With the subduing of desire it's freed. With the abandoning of desire all bonds are cut through. -- Samyutta Nikaya "As I am, so are others; as others are, so am I." Having thus identified self and others, harm no one nor have them harmed. -- Sutta Nipata Once you have started seeing the beauty of life, ugliness starts disappearing. If you start looking at life with joy, sadness starts disappearing. You cannot have heaven and hell together, you can have only one. It is your choice. -- Osho May all creatures, all living things, all beings one and all, experience good fortune only. May they not fall into harm. -- Anguttara Nikaya This is the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner. Then we can really learn something. In the beginner's mind there is no thought, "I have attained something." If you keep your original mind, the precepts will keep themselves. -- Shunryu Suzuki (1573-1645) Having killed anger you sleep in ease. Having killed anger you do not grieve. The noble ones praise the slaying of anger -- with its honeyed crest & poison root -- for having killed it you do not grieve. -- Samyutta Nikaya Abandoning the dark way, let the wise man cultivate the bright path. Having gone from home to homelessness, let him yearn for that delight in detachment, so difficult to enjoy. Giving up sensual pleasures, with no attachment, let the wise man cleanse himself of defilements of the mind. -- Dhammapada Let him associate with friends who are noble, energetic and pure in life, let him be cordial and refined in conduct. Thus, full of joy, he will make an end of suffering. -- Dhammapada Keep your heart clear and transparent And you will never be bound. A single disturbed thought, though, Creates ten thousand distractions. Let myriad things captivate you And you'll go further and further astray. How painful to see people All wrapped up in themselves. -- Ryokan Life is without a full stop. It is a continuous process. Life, love and relationship are not nouns but verbs (living, loving and relating). -- Osho If you hold yourself dear then don't fetter yourself with evil, for happiness isn't easily gained by one who commits a wrong-doing. -- Samyutta Nikaya Do not try to seek the Truth Just don't cling to opinion And you won't linger in dualism. Let go, leave things as they are Obey the true nature of things And you're in harmony with the Way. -- T'sen T'sang Winning gives birth to hostility. Losing, one lies down in pain. The calmed lie down with ease, having set winning & losing aside. -- Samyutta Nikaya Remember one thing. If you want peace of mind then give up faultfinding. If you would search for fault at all, find out your own faults and shotcomings. Learn to accept everyone as your own. No one is alien to you, whole world is yours. -- Sri Sarada Devi Deep green needles glow against a cobalt sky; They radiate something that only few can sense. Snow white peaks, tops shrouded in the clouds, Shine and echo, shine and echo Through both sides of the skin line. Oh, in all of this does lie some deep implication, Yet when I try to say more, I become silent, mute. -- Ji Aoi Isshi For the mind that is master of true meditation, the space below the navel is as firm as though a huge rock were settled there, and when this mind functions in its awesome dignity not one deluded thought may enter, not one discriminating idea can exist. -- Hakuin The moon floats above the pine trees as you sit on the veranda in the cool evening air. Your fingertips move lightly along the flute. The melody is so lovely that it makes the listeners weep. The Zen’s flute has no holes and its ancient, clear music is beyond emotion. -- Hsueh-tou (980-1052) The pearl of the mind is always intrinsically pure; know that the mind has no place to abide; upon liberation you obtain purity and coolness. The mirror of wisdom has no darkness; the pearl of knowledge is always functioning brightly; dust and toil must be cut off; and the treasury will be welcomed spontaneously. -- Fa chao You will see then that both your body and mind, together with the mountains, rivers, space, and earth of the outward world, are all within the wonderful, illumined, and true Mind. -- Surangama Sutra When perfect stillness reigns, True Illumination is reached. Since serene reflection includes all space I can look back on the world again, Which is filled with nothing but dreams! Oh, today I really understand How true and how faithful is the teaching of Buddha! -- Han Shan (1545-?) To practice the Tao is like defending the forbidden Royal Palace under invasion. Guard it closely with your life, and fight for it with all your might! Behold, if the freezing cold has not yet penetrated to the core of your bones, how can it be possible for you to smell the fresh fragrance of the blooming plum blossom? -- Huang Po During the moment of illumination, when I see the original face of mind, a limitless compassion arises. The greater the illumination, the greater is the compassion. The greater my compassion, the deeper is the wisdom I feel. -- Garmaba With all his attachments cut, with the heart's pining subdued, calm and serene and happy is he, for he has attained peace of mind. -- Samyutta Nikaya Freedom from lust is happiness in the world, the going beyond all sensual desires. But the crushing out of the conceit "I am" -- this is the highest happiness. -- Udana The self or soul is both God and living being. But the body, which is not the soul, gets infected with a sense of ego, and that is what is called living being's bondage. The cessation of this ego is what is called freedom. That which gives rise to the ego is called false learning. And that which leads to the cessation of the ego is called right learning. -- Sarvasar Upanishad The only true law is that which leads to freedom, there is no other. -- Richard Bach Learn this from the waters: in mountain clefts and chasms, loud gush the streamlets, but great rivers flow silently. -- Sutta Nipata With firm resolve, guard your own mind! Whoso untiringly pursues the Dhamma and the Discipline Shall go beyond the round of births and make an end of suffering. -- Digha Nikaya "Abstain from all unwholesome deeds, perform wholesome ones, purify your mind" -- this is the teaching of the Buddhas. -- Dhammapada The very enjoyment is what meditation is... Let cheerfulness be your only religion, the only law. -- Osho It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish. Unless you expect the unexpected you will never find the truth, for it is hard to discover and hard to attain. Nature loves to hide. -- Heraclitus Just as a tree, though cut down, sprouts up again if its roots remain uncut and firm, even so, until the craving that lies dormant is rooted out, suffering springs up again and again. -- Dhammapada Good are friends when need arises; good is contentment with just what one has; good is merit when life is at an end, and good is the abandoning of all suffering. -- Dhammapada One who, while himself seeking happiness, does not oppress with violence other beings who also desire happiness, will find happiness hereafter. -- Dhammapada Before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we've learned as we've moved towards that dream. That's the point at which most people give up. Every search begins with beginner's luck. And every search ends with the victor's being severely tested. The darkest hour of the night come just before the dawn. -- Paulo Coelho Who is energetic and not indolent, In misfortune unshaken, Flawless in manner and intelligent, Such a one to honour may attain. -- Digha Nikaya [A deva:] A giver of what is a giver of strength? A giver of what, a giver of beauty? A giver of what, a giver of ease? A giver of what, a giver of vision? And who is a giver of everything? Being asked, please explain this to me. [The Buddha:] A giver of food is a giver of strength. A giver of clothes, a giver of beauty. A giver of a vehicle, a giver of ease. A giver of a lamp, a giver of vision. And the one who gives a residence, is the one who is a giver of everything. But the one who teaches the Dhamma is a giver of the Deathless. -- Samyutta Nikaya The brain builds models. Then these models are projected outward, creating the appearance of "things" and "happening" beyond the senses. But these phenomena are not objectively real. We see only our own confabulations - sophisticated falsehoods that include elements of experience as fundamental as our selves, our perceptions of moving time and our anxiety at the prospect of death. -- Dr. David Darling One should first establish oneself in what is proper and only then try to instruct others. Doing this, the wise one will not be criticized. -- Dhammapada The wise man recognizes the idea of the good within him. This he develops by withdrawals into the holy place of his own soul. -- Plotinus Vegetarianism, fasting, going naked, living in filth, worshipping statues, confessions, chanting to praise, making offerings, honouring with a rite, conducting celebration rituals... None of these acts can help people solve their problems, nor purifies their bodies and minds. The only way is meditation. Sit silently whenever you have time, be aware of your acts in your daily life, and slowly slowly existence will reveal its wonders. -- Nishant Let no one deceive another or despise anyone anywhere, or through anger or irritation wish for another to suffer. -- Khuddakapatha We look at some people as if they were special, gifted, divine. Nobody is special and gifted and divine. No more than you are, no more than I am. The only difference, the very only one, is that they have begun to understand what they really are and have begun to practice it. -- Richard Bach He who does not strike nor makes others strike, who robs not nor makes others rob, sharing love with all that live, finds enmity with none. -- Itivuttaka Hate brings great misfortune, hate churns up and harms the mind; this fearful danger deep within most people do not understand. -- Itivuttaka It pertains to all men to know themselves and to be temperate. To be temperate is the greatest virtue. Wisdom consists in speaking and acting the truth, giving heed to the nature of things. It is wise to acknowledge that all things are one. Wisdom is one and unique. -- Heraclitus Dew and the moon, stars and streams, snow on pine trees, and clouds hovering on the mountain peaks - from darkness, they all become glowingly bright; from obscurity, they all turn to resplendent light. Infinite wonder permeates this serenity; In this Reflection all intentional efforts vanish. -- Hung Chih Who gives, his virtues shall increase; Who is self-curbed, no hatred bears; Whoso is skilled in virtue, evil shuns, And by the rooting out of lust and hate And all delusion, comes to be at peace. -- Digha Nikaya Silently and serenely one forgets all words; clearly and vividly That appears before you. When you realize it, it is vast and without edges; in its Essence, one is clearly aware. Singularly reflecting is this bright awareness, full of wonder is this pure reflection. -- Hung Chih Silently and serenely one forgets all words; Clearly and vividly That appears before you. When one realizes it, it is vast and without edges; In its Essence, one is clearly aware. Singularly reflecting is this bright awareness, Full of wonder is this pure reflection. -- Hung Chih Whoever through desire, hate or fear, Or ignorance should transgress the Dhamma, All his glory fades away Like the moon during the waning half. Whoever through desire, hate or fear, Or ignorance never transgresses the Dhamma, All his glory ever increases Like the moon during the waxing half. -- Digha Nikaya Singularly radiating is the wondrous light; free is it from the bondage of matter and the senses. Not bound by words and letters, the Essence is nakedly exposed in its pure eternity. Never defiled is the Mind-nature; it exists in perfection from the very beginning. By merely casting away your delusions the Suchness of Buddhahood is realized. -- Shen Tsan The friend who is a helpmate, the friend in happiness and woe, the friend who gives good counsel, the friend who sympathises too -- these four as friends the wise behold and cherish them devotedly as does a mother her own child. -- Digha Nikaya When I have been truly searching for my treasure, every day has been luminous, because I've known that every hour was a part of the dream that I would find it. When I have been truly searching for my treasure, I've discovered things along the way that I never would have seen had I not had the courage to try things that seemed impossible for me to achieve. -- Paulo Coelho Outwardly, all activities cease; Inwardly, the mind stops its panting. When one’s mind has become a wall, Then he may begin to enter the Tao. -- Bodhidharma Who is hospitable, and friendly, Liberal and unselfish, A guide, an instructor, a leader, Such a one to honour may attain. -- Digha Nikaya Suchness is without generation; Suchness is without extinction. Sentient beings all embody Suchness. The sages and wise men also embody Suchness. -- Vimalakirti Sutra My meditation is simple; it does not require any complex practices. It is very simple. It is singing, it is dancing. It is sitting silently. It is being at ease with existence. It is accepting existence as your home. -- Osho To have much wealth and ample gold and food, but to enjoy one's luxuries alone -- this is a cause of one's downfall. -- Sutta Nipata There is an adamantine Buddha Nature within the bodies of sentient beings. Like the sun, it is essentially bright, perfect, and complete. Although vast and limitless, it is merely covered by the layered clouds of the five skandas. Like a lamp inside a jar, its light cannot yet shine. -- from the Treatise on the Sutra of the Ten Stages Who is wise and virtuous, Gentle and keen-witted, Humble and amenable, Such a one to honour may attain. -- Digha Nikaya The mind is like a clear mirror. At all times we must strive to polish it, and must not let the dust collect. -- Huineng Remote are these tracks, Secret recesses, well hidden. Since paths stop short, few will ever know. Two wonders mark the way: Red cliff, rising up into the clouds And the cascade, stream in flight flowing forward. If only I could climb Tian-tai’s crest, What craving would then be left? -- Sun Chuo This matter zen, is like a great mass of fire; when you approach it your face is sure to be scorched. It is again like a sword about to be drawn; when it is once out of the scabbard, someone is sure to lose his life. But if you neither fling away the scabbard nor approach the fire, you are no better than a piece of rock or of wood. Coming to this pass, one has to be quite a resolute character, full of spirit. -- -Tai-hui For the sake of worldly status and gain, people often lose their true original nature and do low-down things. The true person is a man of wisdom and dignity who knows when to act and when not to act. -- Tsai Chih If one, longing for sensual pleasure, achieves it, yes, he's enraptured at heart. The mortal gets what he wants. But if for that person -- longing, desiring -- the pleasures diminish, he's shattered, as if shot with an arrow. -- Sutta Nipata I cannot find the Monastery of Heaped Fragrance, miles up now into the clouds of the summit. There is no footpath through the ancient woods. Where did the bell sound, deep in the sound, deep in the mountain? The voice of the torrent gulps over jagged stones; sunlight hardly warms the bluish pines. As dusk deepens in these unfathomable mazes, I practice meditation to subdue the dragon of desire. -- Wang Wei (701 - 761) Were there a mountain all made of gold, doubled that would not be enough to satisfy a single man: know this and live accordingly. -- Samyutta Nikaya Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. -- Carl Jung Bodhi originally has no tree The mirror also has no stand. Buddha nature is always clear and pure; Where is there room for dust? -- Huineng, the 6th Patriarch The worse of the two is he who, when abused, retaliates. One who does not retaliate wins a battle hard to win. -- Samyutta Nikaya Wonderful it is to train the mind so swiftly moving, seizing whatever it wants. Good is it to have a well-trained mind, for a well-trained mind brings happiness. -- Dhammapada The body is the Bodhi tree, The mind is like a clear mirror. At all times we must strive to polish it, And must not let the dust collect. -- Shenxiu; according to Huineng, the 6th Patriarch And in the deep silence the mysterious event will occur which will prove that the way has been found. Call it by what name you will, it is a voice that speaks where there is none to speak - it is a messenger that comes, a messenger without form or substance, or it is the flower of the soul that has opened. It cannot be described by any metaphor... To hear the voice of the silence is to understand that from within comes the only true guidance. -- Mabel Collins On Climbing the Highest Peak of Stone Gate At dawn with staff in hand I climbed the crags, At dusk I made my camp among the mountains. Only a few peaks rise as high as this house, Facing the crags, it overlooks winding streams. In front of its gates a vast forest stretches. While boulders are heaped round its very steps. Hemmed in by mountains, there seems no way out, The track gets lost among the thick bamboos. Deep in meditation, how can I part from Truth? -- Xie Lingyun (385 - 433) The past should not be followed after and the future not desired; what is past is dead and gone and the future is yet to come. -- Majjhima Nikaya When mind knows, we call it knowledge. When heart knows, we call it love. And when being knows, we call it meditation. -- Osho The great Tao flows everywhere, To the left and to the right. All things depend upon it to exist, And it does not abandon them. To its accomplishments it lays no claim. It loves and nourishes all things, But does not lord it over them. -- Chuang tzu Life is swept along, next-to-nothing its span. For one swept to old age no shelters exist. Perceiving this danger in death, one should drop the world's bait and look for peace. -- Samyutta Nikaya It is a great feeling the feeling to fly with your own wings in the open sky of life. It is a great joy the joy to be yourself. -- Shanti In the midst of a vast wilderness, far off, standing all alone, is a high mountain. You are sitting on open ground on top of the mountain, looking off into the distance in all directions. There are no boundaries. As you sit, you fill the world. Relaxing and releasing body and mind, You abide in the Buddha-realm. -- Hongren, from the Tang period
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