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.”
Tag Archives: Zen Buddhism
Quote of the day 01/18/25
From R H. Blyth: “Perfect does not mean perfect actions in a perfect world, but appropriate actions in an imperfect one.”
Quote of the day 01/17/25
From R.H. Blyth: “The importance and unimportance of the self cannot be exaggerated.”
Quote of the day 01/16/25
From R.H. Blyth: *Nothing divides one so much as thought.”
Quote of the day 01/15/25
From R.H. Blyth: “The love of nature is religion, and that religion is poetry; these three things are one thing. This is the unspoken creed of haiku poets.”
Quote of the day 01/13/25
From Confucius: “The way is not far from man. If we take the way as something superhuman, this is not the real way.”
Quote of the day 01/12/25
From Seng Ts’an: “The way is not difficult; but you must avoid choosing!”