From Gautama Buddha: “If you light a lamp for someone else, it will also brighten your own path.”
Tag Archives: Enlightenment
Quote of the day 11/02/25
From Dogen: “To be in harmony with the hardship of the world is enlightenment.”
Quote of the day 07/10/25
From Basho: “Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought.”
Quote of the day 06/26/25
From Udanavarga: “He whose mind is subdued and perfectly controlled is happy.”
Quote of the day 06/03/25
From R.H. Blyth: “We do zazen, not to get anything, but to throw away all we have and to throw away even the idea that we are throwing something away. ‘A still-soliciting eye.’ This is the precise opposite of Wordsworth’s ‘a quiet eye’; it is the disease of the mind, to be always, incessantly, evenContinue reading “Quote of the day 06/03/25”
Quote of the day 05/15/25
From Roshi: “He who studies gains something every day: he who follows the Way loses something every day.”
Quote of the day 05/09/25
From R.H. Blyth: “Roshi, speaking of the man who follows the Way, says, ‘He is like a child alone, careless, unattached, devoid of ambition.’”
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 01/14/25
From Mencius: “The way is near but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.”
Quote of the day 10/16/24
From Immanuel Kant: “Have the courage to use your own reason- That is the motto of enlightenment.”
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