Three or four times, I have had the great death but my life is lived in the million tiny moments that make up the one dance
That's just the trouble, you make an effort to think about it. Concentrate entirely on your breathing, as if you had nothing else to do!
Results for "What are the maintenance requirements of the human being? Life, Liberty, the pursuit of happiness and food, clothing, shelter and medical care. Keeping us confused and divided against one...
The quality of our lives is determined by the focus of our attention.
I hope that I am making myself understood. The Golden Temple once more appeared before me. Or rather, I should say that the breast was transformed into the Golden Temple.
We're all in this together and we don't have much time.
Sharpen your sword daily , and let it serve your true master: YOU. You and the Master are one
The mind's best trick is the illusion that it exists.
To practice with an end in view is to have one eye on the practice and the other on the end, which is lack of concentration, lack of sincerity.
The brush must draw by itself. This cannot happen if one does not practice constantly. But neither can it happen if one makes an effort.
May we exist like a lotus, / At home in the muddy water. / Thus we bow to life as it is.
When the cart doesn't move, do you goad the cart or the ox?
The essence of your mind is not born, so it will never die. It is not an existence, which is perishable. It is not an emptiness, which is a mere void. It has neither colour nor form. It enjoys no plea...
if only people stopped acting like they've been asked to donate a lung every time somebody asks for something the world would be a better place
The cats were relaxing in a patch of sunlight on the rug without a thought in their sleek brown heads. What matter to them that it was Sunday-or even Thursday? Every day was Today in their scheme of t...
You want to know my name? --a hill, a tree. An empty drifting boat.
Sing before the spirits and dance with the earth deitiesAnd you will be able to compose your own tune.Then you and I, united, will clap hands joyously,Singing 'tum-tiddly-um tum-tiddly-um-tum.
Can we cut the Zen crap for a moment?" I ask. "I'm trying to beat this bag to a pulp.
These are some of the characteristics of the state of mind which the creation and appreciation of haiku demand: Selflessness, Loneliness, Grateful Acceptance, Wordlessness, Non-intellectuality, Contra...
It should be remembered that men always prize that most which is least enjoyed.
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