Shurangama Sutra
World Honored One, I remember when, as many kalpas ago as there are sands in the Ganges, there was a Buddha in the world named Contemplating the World’s Sounds. It was under that Buddha that I brought forth the Bodhi-resolve. That Buddha taught me to enter samadhi through a process of hearing and reflecting.… Read the rest >
Ta-hui’s prayer which is recited daily in Zen monasteries.
My only prayer is to be firm in my determination to give myself completely to the Buddha’sWay, so that no doubts arise however long the road seems to be.
To be light and easy in the four parts of my body, to be strong and undismayed in body and in mind.
To drive out … Read the rest >
Gerta Ital : On the way to Satori
‘The path which I travelled and which 1 have described in my narrative was a very hard and stony one. This fact should not discourage anyone else, however, for each individual is different. Nowadays it is no longer necessary for anybody who wishes to experience their own being and God within that being to … Read the rest >