Bassui Tokusho ✓

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Mediaeval Japanese Buddhist monk

About Bassui Tokusho

Bassui Tokushō was a Rinzai Zen Master born in modern-day Kanagawa Prefecture who had trained with Sōtō and Rinzai Zen-masters. Bassui was tormented by the question "Who is the one that sees, hears, and understands?" This question was also central in his teachings, and still inspires present-day Zen-practitioners.

Notable works:

Enzan wadei gassuishū

All Bassui Tokusho Quotes

The true meaning of the precepts is not just that one should refrain from drinking alcohol, but also from getting drunk on nirvana. Alcohol
All words and sayings gently turn, returning to the self. All
Do you wish to see clearly and be free? Clearly

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