Solar Branka 
"Remembering to pay attention at all times (sati) is the formula that Buddha established. From that observation point, body, feeling, mind, and phenomena could be seen clearly. Bankei would say:
'There's nothing you need to attain. Just be aware of how your mind gets pulled away and stop going along with it. That's all.'"
Weekend Stories#Bankei Yōtaku's #Zen teaching centers on the "#Unborn" #BuddhaMind, an immediate, unfabricated awareness accessible to all, beyond ritual or doctrine. His radical approach reframes #Buddha-Nature as natural clarity, emphasizing direct recognition over attainment. A unique voice in Japanese #Buddhism. Read more about it in my new blog post:
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-08-09-bankeis_unborn/
notes> Wisdom of the Masters: Bankei Yōtaku ~ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 ~ Zen Buddhism
Episode webpage: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jayasara0/episodes/Bankei-Ytaku-----Zen-Buddhism-e25o4hg
Media file: https://anchor.fm/s/49a54198/podcast/play/72142832/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2023-5-14%2F2bc76879-b5f0-de2f-ae07-7aa1327a6511.mp3
#Bankei #𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 #Zen #Buddhism #ZenBuddhism
Bankei Yōtaku ~ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 ~ Zen Buddhism by Wisdom of the Masters
Bankei Yōtaku 盤珪永琢, 1622-1693) was a Japanese Rinzai Zen master, and the abbot of the Ryōmon-ji and Nyohō-ji. He is best known for his talks on the Unborn as he called it. Bankei was an immensely popular and influential teacher who spoke directly. avoiding sutras and ceremony. He adhered to no particular school and his teaching was remarkably individual and raw, of the essence of Zen. His concern was with the truth as an immediate experience, not with a systematic approach to a distant goal. He preached what he had discovered in his own experience—"the unborn" or "the birthless Buddha-mind"—and he spoke in plain language that anyone could understand. 🔆 These podcasts are not monetized. If you benefit from these podcasts and would like to support our nun's hermitage, there are two options to donate - via Paypal using this email address: [email protected] with PayPal or using this direct link: https://paypal.me/VivekaHermitage or become at Patron at: https://www.patreon.com/jayasara 🙏 May whatever goodness arises from these readings/offerings be for the benefit of all sentient beings.
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75. Temper
These koans, or parables, were translated into English from a book called the Shaseki-shu (Collection of Stone and Sand), written late in the thirteenth century by the Japanese Zen teacher Muju (the 'non-dweller'), and from anecdotes of Zen monks taken from various books published in Japan around the turn of the 20th century.
Buddhism NowMorning meditation:
‘Enlightenment and delusion never existed at the start. They’re ideas that you picked up, things your parents never taught.’
Bankei
https://buddhismnow.com/2023/01/24/morning-meditation-enlightenment-and-delusion-never-existed/
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