Gong Buddha Quotes

Like a broken gong be still, be silent. Know the stillness of freedom where there is no more striving.” —THE BUDDHA

Once we walk through that door, however, we’re met with a paradox: the forms disappear. On the other side, there are no statues of buddhas, no incense bowls, no sound of gongs or chanting, no tatami mats or brocades, no meditation cushions, and no meditators. Why? These forms and activities are simply the means to enter the open dimension of our own mind. The wisdom they point to has no tangible form of its own.

Once a monk was standing at the altar after having a deep and profound satori. A young monk came up to him and said, “Wow, you have become enlightened. You’ve had a break, an opening. Your mind is clear and wide. How is it?” And the monk said, “Miserable as ever.

The Buddha has not spoken one word in the name of Gong.

If you silence yourself like a broken gong, You will approach nirvana, For vindictiveness will no longer be in you.