Don’t worry if you feel
you can only do one tiny good thing
in one small corner of the cosmos.
Just be a Buddha body in that one place
Thich Nhat Hanh
just be
Category: Be fully present
the deepest self
Same understanding as yesterday’s quote, but from the Western tradition
I have spoken at times of a light in the deepest self,
a light that is uncreated and uncreatable,
and to the extent that we can turn away from created things, we shall find our unity and blessing in that little spark,
which neither space nor time touches.
Meister Eckhart
A clear bright field
From the beginning, we all have a clear, wondrously bright field.
The many lifetimes of misunderstanding come only from distrust, hindrance, and the screens of confusion that we create.
Having turned yourself around, accept your situation;
if you set foot on the path, spiritual energy will marvellously carry you forward.
Contact all phenomena with total sincerity, with not a single atom of dust from outside yourself.
Hongzhi Zhengjue 1091-1157, Chan master, The Misunderstanding of Many Lifetimes
Sunday Quote: a good day
Spring and all its flowers now
joyously break their vow of silence.
It is time for
celebration, not for
lying low.
Hafiz
The ordinary
We don’t have to have any qualifications to watch our breath. We do not even need to be particularly intelligent — all we have to do is to be content with, and aware of, one inhalation and exhalation.
Wisdom does not come from studying great theories and philosophies, but from observing the ordinary.
Ajahn Sumedho
for another person
All you can do for another person is be an environment
in which if they wanted to come up for air,
they could.
Ram Dass
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