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Quote of the day 06/15/25

From Zhuangzi: “When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten.”

Quote of the day 06/14/24

From Zhuangzi: “A path is made by walking on it.”

From Thich Nhat Hanh: “The truth is already in you. You only need to open yourself — body, mind, and heart — so that his or her teachings will penetrate your own seeds of understanding and enlightenment. If you let the words enter you, the soil and the seeds will do the rest of theContinue reading “Quote of the day 06/09/24”

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.”

Quote of the day 06/02/24

From Thich Nhat Hanh: “If learning is not followed by reflecting and practicing, it is not true learning.”

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.”