Thisness…

You want to become a Buddha? There’s no need to become a Buddha! Now is simply now. You are simply you. And tell me, since you want to leave the place where you are, where is it exactly you want to go?

‘Homeless’ Kodo Sawaki

You want to become a Buddha? There’s no need to become a Buddha! Now is simply now. You are simply you. And tell me, since you want to leave the place where you are, where is it exactly you want to go?

‘Homeless’ Kodo Sawaki

Mind is Thus and objects are also Thus:
There is no true and also no false.
Existence doesn’t concern me,
Nor does nonexistence hold me:
I’m not a holy sage,
But an ordinary fellow who understands things.

Layman Pang

Mind is Thus and objects are also Thus:
There is no true and also no false.
Existence doesn’t concern me,
Nor does nonexistence hold me:
I’m not a holy sage,
But an ordinary fellow who understands things.

Layman Pang

Mind is Thus and objects are also Thus:
There is no true and also no false.
Existence doesn’t concern me,
Nor does nonexistence hold me:
I’m not a holy sage,
But an ordinary fellow who understands things.

Layman Pang

There is no obligation to place the recognition of the nature of one’s own mind into any particular spiritual tradition. The only appropriate context is the actuality of one’s own life.

There is no obligation to place the recognition of the nature of one’s own mind into any particular spiritual tradition. The only appropriate context is the actuality of one’s own life.

There is no obligation to place the recognition of the nature of one’s own mind into any particular spiritual tradition. The only appropriate context is the actuality of one’s own life.

All we are is the present moment. Everything else is imagination.

All we are is the present moment. Everything else is imagination.

All we are is the present moment. Everything else is imagination.

At home in joy,
At home in confusion,
At home in peace,
At home in darkness,
At home in light,
At home in noise,
At home in silence,
At home in pain,
Always at home,
Wherever, however, whenever

At home in joy,
At home in confusion,
At home in peace,
At home in darkness,
At home in light,
At home in noise,
At home in silence,
At home in pain,
Always at home,
Wherever, however, whenever

At home in joy,
At home in confusion,
At home in peace,
At home in darkness,
At home in light,
At home in noise,
At home in silence,
At home in pain,
Always at home,
Wherever, however, whenever

You are the highest, utmost authority of and to yourself.

You are the highest, utmost authority of and to yourself.

You are the highest, utmost authority of and to yourself.

For me ‘original nature’ or ‘ground of being’ are not some ideal condition to attain away from the trials and tribulations of ordinary life but nothing less than the actual lived experience of our everyday lives.

They are always completely present in every moment whether one is sitting in quiet stillness or raging in a traffic jam next to a pneumatic drill on a boiling hot summer’s day.

There is nowhere to go, nothing to achieve or attain. Nor is there any escape since there is always the complete totality of presence.
No matter where you think you’re going to be or what you’re going to do it will always be right here, right now. There is nowhere else but here and now, no experience other than this. What is here, now and what you are is always complete and whole, indivisible yet impermanent.

Trust your own insights, you have your own unique mind and experience, no one else’s.

Trust your own insights, you have your own unique mind and experience, no one else’s.