Buddha-Nature

284. ENDLESS RADIANCE

“The sun shines by day and the moon shines by night. The brahmin shines in meditation. But the Buddha is radiant by day and by night.”

THE DHAMMAPADA

285. ENLIGHTENED PARTICIPATION

“The idea of the bodhisattva is the one who out of his realization of transcendence participates in the world.”

JOSEPH CAMPBELL (1904–1987), USA

286. WATER AND ICE

“All beings are from the very beginning Buddhas. It is like water and ice: apart from water, no ice. Outside living beings, no Buddhas.”

HAKUIN (1685–1768), JAPAN

287. FOUNTAINHEAD

“This identity, out of the one and into the one and with the one, is the source of and fountainhead and breaking forth of glowing love.”

MEISTER ECKHART (1260 – 1328), GERMANY

288. A TRUE BRAHMIN

“He who meditates, does his duty and is rid of evil habits is indeed abrahmin.”

THE DHAMMAPADA

289. IN YOUR OWN MIND

“Bodhi [enlightenment] is to be looked for within your own mind. You seek in vain for a solution to the mystery in the outside world.”

MATSUO BASHO (1644–1694), JAPAN