From the Zen Buddhist tradition…
The whole moon and the entire sky
are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
Dōgen Zenji, 1200 – 1253
Monday morning instructions for the week
Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary.
What we need is to love without getting tired.
Be faithful in small things
because it is in them that your strength lies.
Mother Theresa
Sunday Quote: Just stay in the moment
Things arise – just let them come;
Things disappear – just let them go.
Create but do not possess
Act but don’t expect.
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
Good for growth
In Ireland today’s forecast is for sun, so we can sit outdoors or maybe even have a barbecue. We are always wishing for sun but in reality, we encounter clouds and bad humour, and rain has its uses in nature as in life…
Sunshine all the time makes a desert
Arab Proverb
Not outside
One of the most persistent of all delusions
is the conviction that the source of our dissatisfaction
lies outside ourselves
Alan Wallace
Being content with the ordinary
The breath is not something that we create or imagine; it is a natural process of our bodies that continues as long as life lasts, whether we concentrate on it or not. So it is an object that is always present; we can turn to it at any time. 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, Now is the Knowing
