From Thich Nhat Hanh: “If learning is not followed by reflecting and practicing, it is not true learning.”
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Quote of the day 06/01/24
From Thich Nhat Hanh: “My teaching is like a finger pointing to the moon. Do not mistake the finger for the moon.”
Quote of the day 05/12/24
From Alan Watts: “I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.”
Quote of the day 05/08/24
From Dogen: “Do not be concerned with the faults of other persons. Do not see others’ faults with a hateful mind. There is an old saying that if you stop seeing others’ faults, then naturally seniors and venerated and juniors are revered. Do not imitate others’ faults; just cultivate virtue. Buddha prohibited unwholesome actions, butContinue reading “Quote of the day 05/08/24”
Waiting
I find there to be a kind of liberty in waiting. To be imprisoned in time. Finally an excuse for inaction.
Quote of the day 05/03/24
From Dogen: “So our practice is not to eliminate our delusion, but to see or to become aware of the fact that we are deluded. Just become aware of it and let go of it. Do not be pulled by the delusions.”
Quote of the day 04/26/24
From Dogen: “If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.”
Quote of the day 04/25/24
From Dogen: “If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?”
Quote of the day 04/19/24
From Ernest Hemingway: “I did not care what it was all about. All I wanted to know was how to live in it. Maybe if you found out how to live in it you learned from that what is was all about.”
Quote of the day 03/29/24
From Ernest Hemingway: “As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.”
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