Zen says:

actually
Zen says NOTHING.

Zen will never says
BUDDHA SAID.

Buddha showed us the way
- through his words
and
- through what he did.

Zen follow
what Buddha did
with no words.

or mi to fo,

Fine medication

Dharma is like water, a fine medicine for
eradicating spiritual stains and ignorance.
Fine medication

Someone who understands the teaching of sages is a sage.

Someone who understands the teaching of mortals is a mortal.

A mortal who can give up the teaching of mortals and follow the teaching of sages becomes a sage.

But the fools of this world prefer to look for sage a away.

They don’t believe that the wisdom of their own mind is the sage.

or mi to fo,

If you are a person who truly practices the Way,
Do not look at the ignorance of the world.
For if you see the wrong of people in the world,
Being wrong yourself,
you will be evil.

or mi to fo,

If you are a person who truly practices the Way,
Do not look at the ignorance of the world.
For if you see the wrong of people in the world,
Being wrong yourself,
you will be evil.

or mi to fo,

why meditate:

Hui Neng said in the Platform sutra
meditation
and wisdom are the same.
they are not two
they are one.

therefore
to meditate is to attain wisdom.

not to meditate
is to not have wisdom.

it's your free choice.

live with wisdom
or
live without it.

or mi to fo,

"Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible. We all wish for world peace, but world peace will never be acheived unless we first establish peace within our own minds. We can send so-called 'peacekeeping forces' into areas of conflict, but peace cannot be oppossed from the outside with guns. Only by creating peace within our own mind and helping others to do the same can we hope to achieve peace in this world."

Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, Transform Your Life: A Blissful Journey

Protection from virus

A protective net woven with thousands of
layers of love can fend off even the tiniest
mind-borne virus.
Protection from virus

Those who are free
of resentful thoughts
surely find peace.

or mi to fo,

Overcoming vexation

Vexation is as tiny as dusts that can enter one's
minds through a narrow slit. When struggling
with vexation, be brave in putting on armor
to conquer the devil of greed and worries.

"Mindlessly and rigidly holding on to anything exacts a heavy price"

that's why Buddha said
stay away from tradition
stay away because so and so said it
stay away even if someone said Buddha said it.

or mi to fo,

no gossips:

if you do not gossip
and stay away from gossips,
you are making progress
on your path.

or mi to fo,

buying and selling:

buy with no regret.

sell with no remorse.

stay well.

or mi to fo,

do not let the past:

do not let the past
dictate your future.

or mi to fo,

Hidden dangers

We can practice self-reflection from SARS -
Behind a perplexed, self-indulging life there
actually are hidden dangers and traps at all times.

Begin by extending Friendliness towards yourself:

May I be free from ill-will.
May I be free from hostility.
May I be free from adversity.
May I be happy.
May I be free from suffering.
May I not be separated from the good fortune I have attained.
I am the owner of my kamma and must inherit its results.

"Passions grow from the will,

The will grows from thought and imagination.

When both are calmed,

There is neither sensualism nor transmigration."

or mi to fo,

The suffering from desire

When people of mundane minds can't satisfy
their desire of love and lust, jealousy and
hatred arise, making them drift between
joy and pain.

"Monks, I declare that there are two persons one can never repay. What two? One’s mother and father."

- Anguttara Nikaya

About love

Love is as warm as pit fire in winter, yet cool
and refreshing as mild winds in summer.

In your heart must well that sympathy which soothes away all pains from the hearts of others.
Paramahansa Yogananda

do not disbelieve:

do not disbelieve
beings that you can't see
playing tricks on you.

radiate love and kindness to them.

or mi to fo,

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

- Gautama Buddha -

A fruitful life
Regardless of being rich or poor, a fruitful
life can be built on positive attitudes.

the Truth is,

everything & everyone is One.

The observer & the observed are One.

The knower & the known are One.

or mi to fo

"The design of the human mind,

we are born with,

renders it intrinsically incapable

of being able to tell truth

from falsehood,

wisdom from ignorance."

or mi to fo,

Be mindful

In pleasant situations, do control your mind
so you won't be seduced by lust and fun. In
adverse situations, do manage your mind so
you won't be affected by defeats.

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth;

1) not going all the way, and
2) not starting.

or mi to fo,

do not:

do not practice Buddhism for yourself.

practice because
you have compassion
for all.

or mi to fo,

You, yourself,

as much as anybody
in the entire universe,

deserve your love & affection.

or mi to fo,

"Passions grow from the will,

The will
grows from thought and imagination.

When both are calmed,
　　There is neither
sensualism nor transmigration.

or mi to fo,

Awareness (mindfulness)
is Infinity,

the evolution of becoming self-aware

is also infinite,
deathless.

or mi to fo,

Are you, um, you?

when was the last time
you checked yourself out
with mindfulness.

or mi to fo,

Human intelligence has the capability

to reach the essence & existence of things because it has a
non- material, spiritual element,
called mind mind.

or mi to fo,

hurt by teachers:

in dealing with teachers
you go through
growing pains.

if you do not get hurt
from teachers
who else
do you wish to get hurt from.

no one indeed.

or mi to fo,

Compassion without attachment

Be compassionate for people, diligent about
work, but not attached to materials.
Compassion without attachment

In saving others

One can be pure and vexation-free only without
clinging to the thought that you can save people,
someone wants you to save, how many you have
saved, or how much you have given.

Happiness never decreases
by being shared.

or mi to fo,

if you are a person
who truly practices the Way,

Do not look at the ignorance of the world.

For if you see
the wrong of people in the world,
Being wrong yourself,
you will be evil.

or mi to fo,

"Good friends, in this teaching of mine, from ancient times up to the present,
all have set up
- no-thought as the main doctrine,
- non-form as the substance, and
- non-abiding as the basis;
Non-form is to be separated from form even when associated with form. No-thought is not to think even when involved in thought. Non-abiding is the original nature of man.

or mi to fo,
des/boo-ngoh

Our bodies

Although human bodies are not clean, they are
good tools for spiritual cultivation. Goodness
or badness is decided by one's mind.