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Quote of the day 10/03/25

From Śāntideva: “So take advantage of this human boat. Free yourself from sorrow’s mighty stream! This vessel will be later hard to find. The time that you have now, you fool, is not for sleep!”

Quote of the day 10/02/25

From Śāntideva: “We are the authors of our own destiny; and being the authors, we are ultimately, perhaps frighteningly, free.”

Quote of the day 10/01/25

From Śāntideva: “We who are like senseless children shrink from suffering, but love its causes. We hurt ourselves; our pain is self-inflicted! Why should others be the object of our anger?”

Quote of the day 09/30/25

From Śāntideva: “Where would I find enough leatherTo cover the entire surface of the earth?But with leather soles beneath my feet,It’s as if the whole world has been covered.”

Quote of the day 09/29/25

From Śāntideva: “All the suffering there is in this world arises from wishing our self to be happy. All the happiness there is in this world arises from wishing others to be happy.”

Quote of the day 09/28/25

From Śāntideva: “If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you no good.”

Quote of the day 07/22/25

From Basho: “To talk casuallyAbout an iris flowerIs one of the pleasuresOf the wandering journey.”

Quote of the day 07/21/25

From Basho: “Birth of art –song of rice planters,chorus from nowhere.”

From Basho: “What is important is to keep our mind high in the world of true understanding, and returning to the world of our daily experience to seek therein the truth of beauty. No mater what we may be doing at a given moment, we must not forget that it has a bearing upon ourContinue reading “Quote of the day 07/20/25”

Quote of the day 07/19/25

From Basho: “In the end, without skill or talent, I’ve given myself over entirely to poetry. Po Chu-i labored at it until he nearly burst. Tu Fu starved rather than abandon it. Neither my intelligence nor my writing is comparable to such men. Nevertheless, in the end, we ALL live in phantom huts.”