In my poetic journey, I’ve let these slide…
(my mystery friend, pay attention to this one)
Men are afraid to forget their minds, fearing to fall through the Void with nothing to stay their fall. They do not know that the Void is not really void, but the realm of the real Dharma.
-Huang Po, “Zen Teaching of Huang Po”
We aren’t what we ought to be. We aren’t what we’re going to be. We aren’t what we want to be. But, thank God, we aren’t what we were.
-Anonymous
If the eye never sleeps, all dreams will naturally cease. If the mind makes no discriminations, the ten thousand things are as they are, of single essence. To understand the mystery of this One essence is to be released from all entanglements. When all things are seen equally the timeless Self-essence is reached. No comparisons or analogies are possible in this causeless, relationless state.
-Seng-Tsan, “Verses On The Faith Mind”
The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting. The Way has no form or sound. It’s subtle and hard to perceive. It’s like when you drink water: you know how hot or cold it is, but you can’t tell others.–Bodhidharma
The middle path is the way to wisdom.–Rumi
I teach you the Uberman. Man is something that shall be overcome. What have you done to overcome him? … The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time has come to plant the seed to his highest hope.–Friedrich Nietzsche
Each form, each particle, is a Buddha. One form is all Buddhas. All forms, all particles, are all Buddhas. All forms, sounds, scents, feelings, and phenomena are also like this, each filling all fields.
-Pai-chang
Our mind and our delusions are formless and colorless. However, our ignorance believing in true existence is harder than a rocky mountain. Our delusions are harder than steel.
-Lama Zopa Rinpoche, “The Door to Satisfaction”
Your mind must become one, do not try to understand with your ears but with your heart. Indeed, not with your heart but with your soul.–Chuang Tzu
(My mystery friend, you need stillness, but remember…) One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.–Friedrich Nietzsche
Mindfulness is never boring.
-Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, “Mindfulness in Plain English“
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