From the Fo-pen-hing-tsih-king: “I desire to produce in myself a loving heart towards all living creatures.”
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Quote of the day 05/28/25
From R.H. Blyth: “Is it a fact, then, that those who have come to a fundamental realisation of the truth of Zen, feel a love for all fring creatures, beautiful and ugly, charming and disgusting? The answer will be that, though Zen gives the mind a general spring-cleaning, cobwebs and dust still lurk in manyContinue reading “Quote of the day 05/28/25”
Quote of the day 05/23/25
From R.H. Blyth: “Thus we see that love of all living creatures which springs up naturally in our hearts, unless thwarted by instruction, custom, or self-love, is no more and no less than our Buddha-nature manifesting itself. Further, love, like knight errantry, equalizes all things, and this equality of all things, the absolute worth andContinue reading “Quote of the day 05/23/25”
Quote of the day 04/10/25
From R.H. Blyth: “Everything is bathed in love like the ether. The world is like a spider’s web; touch one part and the whole quivers.”
Quote of the day 04/09/25
From R.H. Blyth: “Though the self, the selfish self, must disappear, emotion remains and this emotion is love.”
Quote of the day 03/31/25
From William Wordsworth: “The best portion of a good man’s life: his little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love.”
Quote of the day 12/31/24
From William Blake: “Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell’s despair.”
Quote of the day 12/17/24
From Bertrand Russell: “Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”
Quote of the day 10/15/24
From Immanuel Kant: “Rules for happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.”
Quote of the day 06/07/24
From Thich Nhat Hanh: “Understanding is the very foundation of love. When you understand someone, you cannot help but love him or her.”
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