From the Hekiganrobu: “To meet with ill fortune is to meet with good fortune. To meet with submission is to meet with an enemy.”
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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 03/30/25
From Basho: “Ah, hanging bridge! Ivy-ropes Entwine existence!”
Quote of the day 03/29/25
From Wordsworth: “To her fair works did Nature link The human soul that through me ran,”
Quote of the day 03/27/25
From R.H. Blyth: “To the pure, all things are pure. To the divine, all things are divine.”
Quote of the day 03/25/25
From R.H. Blyth: On Don Quixote: “The object of a Knight Errant … is not to judge men, not to think of their goodness or badness, but only of their misfortunes … this applies to all men and women equally; old and young, rich and poor, good and bad … His attitude to other peopleContinue reading “Quote of the day 03/25/25”
Quote of the day 03/24/25
From R.H. Blyth: “Truth is expressible only in the form of a paradox. What is not paradoxical, is not true; is not living, inexpressible truth. Denial is the only way to answer, blasphemy the only praise.”
Quote of the day 03/23/25
From R.H. Blyth: “…we have, not, ‘Though it changes, it is the same,’ which is intellectually understandable, but, ‘The more it changes, the more it is the same.’ This touch of life, of genius, of inspiration, of Zen, of something beyond logic and rationality, gives us a strange feeling of freedom and power.”
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