From R.H. Blyth: “However long or short your life is, it is a complete one. Whether the wind comes from the heat of the sun or the coolness of the moon, it is the wind; to fill every moment of a life with living, that is to be like the lily, the plant and flowerContinue reading “Quote of the day 05/06/25”
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Quote of the day 05/05/25
From Hakuin: “We see all phenomena as eternal realities, yet as phenomena; whether we go or whether we return, for us there is no movement.”
Quote of the day 05/05/25
From Hakuin: “We see all phenomena as eternal realities, yet as phenomena; whether we go or whether we return, for us there is no movement.”
Quote of the day 05/02/25
From R.H. Blyth: “The meaning, the object of our life, is the state of being unborn, age-less, immortal, which is our real nature and the nature of all things.”
Quote of the day 04/30/25
From E-No: “Be free. Don’t be bound by your choosings and wantings. Never mind your sins. Act your desires. Act your Desire. Do not abide in delusion, do not abide in enlightenment. Do not let the mind dwell on goodness or evil. Things and the self are void.”
Quote of the day 04/29/25
From the Shinjinmei: “The Way is not difficult; only there must be no wanting or not wanting.”
Quote of the day 04/24/25
From R.H. Blyth: “The truth is like health or the air we breathe; we don’t realize it when we have it, it seems so common and tasteless.”
Quote of the day 04/15/25
From Rikeiho: Desiring to possess the moon, A monk one ladled it out with the water into a vessel, But, reaching the temple with it, found That when he poured the water out, the moon was gone.
Quote of the day 04/14/25
From R.H. Blyth: “Flow like the river, be firm as the rocks, pliant as the willow, eternal as the sky, transitory as the dew-drops, for man is all these, and more.”
Quote of the day 04/13/25
From R.H. Blyth: “The attitude of Zen is, Follow the Self, and all these things, goodness, purity, compassion, will be added unto you. That is, do not attach yourself even to goodness, to ideals, to Zen itself.”