“ It is both dangerous and absurd for our world to be a group of communions mutually excommunicate. Alan W. Watts
“ Before we were born we had no feeling; we were one with the universe. This is called "mind-only," or "essence of mind," or "big mind," After we are separated by birth from this oneness, as the water f… Shunryu Suzuki
“ At the moment of giving birth to a child, is the mother separate from the child? You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child. Dogen Zenji
“ In zazen, leave your front door and your back door open. Let thoughts come and go. Just don't serve them tea. Shunryu Suzuki
“ Life is a whirlwind of many opportunities. Choose to embrace all of them in deepest gratitude. Learn to forgive yourself and honour the heart that beats within you, as well as the head that rests on y… Michelle Cruz-Rosado
“ 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… Bassui Takusho
“ Yet what keeps me from dissolving right now into a complete fairy-tale shimmer is this solid truth, a truth which has veritably built my bones over the last few years - I was not rescued by a prince;… Elizabeth Gilbert