From the Dhammapada: “He who holds back rising anger like a rolling chariot—him I call a real driver: other people are merely holding the reins.”
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Quote of the day 06/27/25
From the Fo-pen-hing-tsih-king: “I desire to produce in myself a loving heart towards all living creatures.”
Quote of the day 06/26/25
From Udanavarga: “He whose mind is subdued and perfectly controlled is happy.”
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 06/03/25
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 01/11/25
From Gautama Buddha: “Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”
Quote of the day 01/05/25
From William Blake: “Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.”
Quote of the day 07/18/24
From the Dalai Lama: “We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.”
Quote of the day 07/03/24
From Zhuangzi: “The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.”