Starting here to Caoxi is a long journey, Compared to Mt. Sumeru, even farther away, Walking stick touches Heavenly Emperor’s nose, Overturned and fall into the life of mundane. This morning is the sixth Patriarch Nirvana anniversary, Should be celebration and praise?  Should be grief and sorrow? Ashamed mountain monk, the monastery courtyard is desolate…. READ MORE

Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva practicing deeply prajna paramita at the time illuminates the five skandhas are all empty, crosses beyond all adversity and suffering. Shariputra! Form does not differ from emptiness, emptiness does not differ from form. Form is emptiness, emptiness is form. Feeling, cognition, impulse, consciousness also is such. Shariputra! All dharmas are empty of characteristics,… READ MORE

Since become ordained monk, one must do great deeds. Set your aspiration high and strength of vows must be deep. Courage must be great, mind must act with subtlety. If the mind acts with subtlety, thought after thought enters a fine state. Perceive the state prior to thought, one is no longer seized by phenomena… READ MORE

The expressions of a Zen poem come from a poetic state, which is a state of consciousness. That state of consciousness is a state of mind, a state of realization. Zen poem is the manifestation of realization in this very moment – not a product of an external seeking mind, not a manipulation of words,… READ MORE