This building we're in has doors and windows. If we close the doors and windows, we can't get out. People lock themselves inside a house of delusions. But they're only delusions. They can leave anytime. Actually there is no house to leave. There's not even any leaving. What we see are flowers in the sky, the moon in the water. As for the meditative powers of Zen masters like Hsu-yun, sometimes it's useful to meditate and sometimes it isn't.
When you're blind to your own nature, the Buddha is an ordinary being. When you're aware of your own nature, an ordinary being is the Buddha. - Bill Porter
When you're blind to your own nature, the Buddha is an ordinary being. When you're aware of your own nature, an ordinary being is the Buddha.
- Bill Porter
Reading texts is no substitute for meditation and practicing Zen. If you read a book about a place, and you want to go there, you don't keep reading … - Bill Porter
Reading texts is no substitute for meditation and practicing Zen. If you read a book about a place, and you want to go there, you don't keep reading …
There is so much baggage we burden ourselves with over the years that keeps us from seeing things the way they are. Some baggage we carry with us for… - Bill Porter
There is so much baggage we burden ourselves with over the years that keeps us from seeing things the way they are. Some baggage we carry with us for…
When you are free of form and not confused, you are focused. To be free of form externally is 'Zen.' Not to be confused internally is 'meditation.' E… - Bill Porter
When you are free of form and not confused, you are focused. To be free of form externally is 'Zen.' Not to be confused internally is 'meditation.' E…
In the face of impermanence, if your next thought is good, this is what we call the realization body. - Bill Porter
In the face of impermanence, if your next thought is good, this is what we call the realization body.
The world has no hold on you. Whatever has a hold on you comes from your mind. - Bill Porter
The world has no hold on you. Whatever has a hold on you comes from your mind.
This building we're in has doors and windows. If we close the doors and windows, we can't get out. People lock themselves inside a house of delusions… - Bill Porter
This building we're in has doors and windows. If we close the doors and windows, we can't get out. People lock themselves inside a house of delusions…
Every place is a place to practice. Every time is a time to practice. Zen is concerned with the thought we have this moment rather than with rituals … - Bill Porter
Every place is a place to practice. Every time is a time to practice. Zen is concerned with the thought we have this moment rather than with rituals …
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