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 06/20/25
From Sir Edwin Arnold: “Ofttimes while he mused—as motionless As the fixed rock his seat—the squirrel leaped Upon his knee, the timid quail led forth Her brood between his feet, and blue doves pecked The rice-grains from the bowl beside his hand.”
Quote of the day 06/18/25
From William Blake: “To see a World in a Grain of SandAnd a Heaven in a Wild Flower,Hold Infinity in the palm of your handAnd Eternity in an hour.”
Quote of the day 06/10/25
From R.H. Blyth: “In conclusion, let us say that Shakespeare had a religion, a religion which could ask and answer the question which Macduff asked, when his wife and children were all murdered at one fell swoop: ‘Did heaven look on, And would not take their part?’ What is the answer to the question? ItContinue reading “Quote of the day 06/10/25”
Quote of the day 06/08/25
From R.H. Blyth: “In both good and evil there is Goodness, if only men can forget their praising and blaming and see it as it flows, in its activity.”
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 05/22/25
From R.H. Blyth: “This is the true attitude of religion, of Zen, of poetry, towards everything, and especially towards animals: to ask nothing from them, to give them all the freedom and happiness consistent with our own existence.”
Quote of the day 05/20/25
From R.H. Blyth: “This is the teaching of Zen; that everything, even ourselves, had its lesson taught it when first made, that is, when it came into existence, and that to know what to do we must therefore ‘Enquire within.’”
Quote of the day 05/18/25
From R.H. Blyth: “The willow bends for me, gives her pliancy to me. I yield my heart to the willow, I give up my life to it. The willow and I are one. There is no giving and receiving at all. Life appears there, in the form of a willow, here, in the form ofContinue reading “Quote of the day 05/18/25”
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