“Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become clear and you will realize the unity of all things.”
- Dogen
Our life is shaped by our
mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the
wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it. Our life is shaped by
our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a
shadow that never leaves.
- The Buddha
- Driven only by fear, do men go for refuge to many places — to hills, woods, groves, trees and shrines.
- Such, indeed, is no safe refuge; such is not the refuge supreme. Not by resorting to such a refuge is one released from all suffering.
- He who has gone for refuge to the Buddha, the Teaching and his Order, penetrates with transcendental wisdom the Four Noble Truths — suffering, the cause of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the Noble Eightfold Path leading to the cessation of suffering.
- This indeed is the safe refuge, this the refuge supreme. Having gone to such a refuge, one is released from all suffering.
- Dhammapada 188-192
There is a kiss we want
with our whole lives,
the touch of Spirit on the body.
Seawater begs the pearl
to break its shell.
And the lily, how passionately
it needs a wild darling!
At night, I open the window
and ask the moon to come
and press its face against mine.
Breathe into me.
Close the language-door,
and open the love-window
The moon won't use the door,
only the window.
-Rumi
So it goes.
- Kurt Vonnegut
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the old; seek what they sought.
- Basho
The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.
- Abraham Lincoln
However innumerable sentient beings are, I vow to save them.
However inexhaustible the defilements are, I vow to extinguish them.
However immeasurable the dharmas are, I vow to master them.
However incomparable enlightenment is, I vow to attain it.
Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others
Buddha
.
Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart,
kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which
renew humanity.
Buddha
