If you wish to see the truth
then hold no opinions for or against anything.
Comparing what you like against what you dislike
is the disease of the mind.
Seng-T’san, Third Zen Patriarch, The Hsin Hsin Ming
photo ketterechts
Tag: Life
A way to see each moment
Continuing to post some quotes from Thich Nhat Hanh who is very ill in hospital as a reminder to keep him in your thoughts
Do not just look for what you want to see,
that would be futile.
Do not look for anything,
but allow the insight to have a chance to come by itself.
That insight will help liberate you
Thich Nhat Hanh
photo: passiondutrain
Sunday Quote: Joy
Joy is being willing for things to be as they are
Charlotte Joko Beck, Nothing Special
photo A Davey
Enemies
We encounter a lot of “enemies” each day – queues, bad weather, deadlines, meetings that don’t go according to plan, traffic slowing us down when we are in a hurry, people who disagree with us, events we do not like. We instinctively try to avoid, grumble about them and turn them into enemies, with us quickly feeling like victims. This quote reminds us that a lot of our dissatisfaction is self-created, a lot of stress caused by our own minds.
When an enemy arises in your life, even though you may kill it,
another will simply arise,
because all arisings are simply a manifestation of your own state of consciousness
Kalu Rinpoche
photo crepoastoram
Thanks in the middle of the world
Mostly I just stand in the dark field,
in the middle of the world, breathing
in and out. Life so far doesn’t have any other name
but breath and light, wind and rain.
If there’s a temple, I haven’t found it yet.
Mary Oliver, What is there Beyond Knowing
photo Andy Beecroft
Accepting each moment
All things, the grass as well as the trees,
are tender and soft while alive
When dead, they are withered and dried.
Therefore the stiff and the rigid are companions of death
The gentle and the kind are the companions of life
Lao Tzu
photo Francisco Javier Epinoza Pérez
