The Buddha said: “If you want to see Buddha-nature, observe cause and effect intimately. When the moment arrives, Buddha-nature manifests.” To see Buddha-nature is to see our original nature; it is the awakening of consciousness. Awakening from delusion and fixation. Awakening to the fleeting reality of life. To observe cause and effect intimately is seated…
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How could a drop of water feel loneliness in the middle of the ocean? Kodo Sawaki used to say that our existence is like a bubble of foam, trembling and ephemeral. Ultimately, we are nothing more than a drop of water in the middle of the ocean, and yet we feel alone. In the midst…
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After the Buddha asked Mahakashyapa about the Bodhicitta, he said: “The awakened mind and the mind that aspires to awaken others first are indistinguishable. But the mind that aspires to awaken others is more difficult to find. I bow before the mind that aspires to awaken others first.” The Bodhicitta, the mind that aspires to…
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