Sukha Patta

Look directly! What is this? Look in this  manner, And you  won't be fooled! Bassui

"Keep a constant watch on the activities of mind . Stab it with the the dagger of knowledge, whenever it tries to go astray. If the watchman is awake then the thief can do no mischief ".

The cup plate you have had long back, are not clean and shining as early, each and everything decays. Contemplate this truth clearly.

The Universe and I are “One”, In the “now”, always. The lived moment leaves, The free mind is empty. Neither past, nor future; They cease moving arbitrarily. The Aliveness of Life, in this moment, Creates no reactions in me. I see, listen and live authentically, I become whole through Love; In this state, The whole being is pure. Boundless happiness Without images; It is encountered in fact In absolute silence.    ~ Namo Buddhaya ~

If someone compliments you, that doesn’t make you a better person, it makes them a better person because they're taking the time to be supportive and encouraging. Your value remains unchanged, because it's something that comes from within.   If someone criticizes you, it doesn't make you down until your emotions get touched by those words or action. If it's affecting go deep and observe to Whom it hurts and Why? When you go deeply you will know EGO which got hurt will get separation from your true identity which is really unaffected.   You will able to see the who gets hurt and who is really untouched. And the one who gets hurt will not dominate the true self. And this will become a meditation which will make you realize that how you are separate from the false identity which you carry and react at once.   If someone gives you something and you don't accept it then how it can come to you. A very beautiful story of Buddha's life.   If Someone

Yamaoka Tesshu, as a young student of Zen, visited one master after another. He called upon Dokuon of Shikoku. Desiring to show his attainment, he said: “The mind, Buddha, and sentient beings, after all, do not exist. The true nature of phenomena is emptiness. There is no realization, no delusion, no sage, no mediocrity. There is no giving and nothing to be received.” Dokuon, who was smoking quietly, said nothing. Suddenly he whacked Yamaoka with his bamboo pipe. This made the youth quite angry. “If nothing exists,” inquired Dokuon, “where did this anger come from?”

Ten Bulls or Ten Ox-Herding pictures in the tradition of Zen Buddhism, a series of short poems and accompanying pictures that are intended to illustrate the stages of  Mahayana Buddhist  practitioner's progression towards Enlightenment as well as his or her subsequent perfection of wisdom. (1) In the Wild Troubled by all kinds of thoughts and desires, people are liable to get nervous anal disturbed in daily life and with their natural character con-fused and the ability to sustain themselves lost, they are quite ill with various worries and diseases. The poem reads: Displaying its horns, the buffalo bellows aloud, Running along the mountain path into the distance. A patch of black clouds overhangs the valley, The buffalo tramples wheat seedlings wherever it goes. (2) Initial Training When you start qigong practice, place your mind under control and set strict demands on yourself, as if fastening the buffalo with a rope. After persistent practice, you wil