From Kikaku: The beggar! He has heaven and earth For his summer clothes.
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Quote of the day 04/28/25
From William Blake: “Man’s perceptions are not bound by Organs of Perception. He perceives more than Sense (tho’ ever so acute) can discover. The Desire of Man being Infinite, the possession is Infinite, and himself Infinite.”
Quote of the day 04/27/25
From Taliessin: “The wind without flesh, without bone, without veins, without feet, is strong; the wind has no wants, but the sea whitens when he comes out of nothing.”
Quote of the day 04/06/25
From the Rokusodankyo: “At every moment, in every place, if we are free from foolish desires and act wisely, we have Wisdom (Paradise). One foolish thought, and Paradise is lost; one wise thought and salvation is again ours.”
Quote of the day 04/03/25
From R.H. Blyth: “We are to ask fervently, to seek passionately, to knock madly – but it must be for nothing. When our self is all asked, sought, knocked away, everything is given, found, opened.”
Quote of the day 04/02/25
From R.H. Blyth: “…poetry, like religion, must be ascetic, must have the element of poverty in it.”
Quote of the day 02/01/25
From R.H. Blyth: “Think of Zen, of the Void, of Good and Evil and you are bound hand and foot. Think only and entirely and completely of what you are doing at the moment and you are free as a bird.”
Quote of the day 01/26/25
From Nagarjuna: “Just as it is knownThat an image of one’s face is seenDepending on a mirrorBut does not really exist as a face,So the conception of “I” existsDependent on mind and body,But like the image of a faceThe “I” does not at all exist as its own reality.”
Quote of the day 01/20/25
From R.H. Blyth: “Thus we see that the all important thing is not killing or giving life, drinking or not drinking, living in the town or the country, being unlucky or lucky, winning or losing. It is how we win, how we lose, how we live or die, finally, how we choose.”
Quote of the day 01/19/25
From R.H. Blyth: “The object of our lives is to look at, listen to, touch, taste things. Without them—these sticks, stones, feathers, shells—there is no Deity.”