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In my house there is a cave In the cave, there's nothing at all Pure emptiness, really wonderful Glorious and splendid, bright as the sun
Han Shan, c. 730 CE
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If, in your course, you don't meet your equal, your better, then continue your course firmly, alone. There's no fellowship with fools.
-Dhammapada, 6, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Wherever and whenever The mind is found Attached to anything, Make haste to detach Yourself from it. When you tarry for Any length of time It will turn again into Your old home town.
- Daito Kokushi (1282-1334)
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"Among illusory phenomena, through applying illusory meditation, illusory awakening arises by the strength of devotion." Niguma
Meditation is not A way to enlightenment, Nor is it a method Of achieving anything at all. It is peace and blessedness itself. It is the actualization of wisdom, The ultimate truth Of the oneness of all things.
- Dogen (1200-1253)
Dr. Martin Luther King described two options: "to live together as brothers or perish together as fools".
"It's important to practice putting Reality in without having sex." Actual instructions in the Reality Female Condom instructional leaflet
It is a great misfortune for those Engaged in learning to take the Sayings of the sages as mere Verbal exercises.
- Xue Xuan (1389-1464)
"If man was meant to be nude, he would have been born that way." - Oscar Wilde
I bow to the Buddha The Buddha is my original cause The Buddha and I are not different The Three Treasures and I are not different Bliss outside of time, pure freedom from self First morning thought of Kanzeon Last nighttime thought of Kanzeon Thoughts, thoughts arise from the mind Thoughts, thoughts are nothing but the mind
"One's state of mind is very powerful. It can imagine destroying something, and it destroys it. It can imagine creating something, and it creates it. Whatever you intend in the realm of mind, it happens. Imagine your enemy. [For example, if] You want to destroy your enemy, and you have developed all kinds of tactics for doing so, you have infinite imaginations about how to handle the destruction of that enemy. Imagine your friend. You have infinite inspirations about how to relate with your friend, how to make him or her feel good or better or richer....Man does exist; his intelligence does exist. This is entirely nontheistic. The approach of Padmasambhava [who brought Buddhism to Tibet] to magic was on this nontheistic level. Lightning happens because it does happen, rather than because there is any further why or who or what involved. It does happen. Flowers blossom because it happens, it is so. We cannot argue that there are no flowers. We cannot argue that no snow falls. It is so. It happens." Chogyam Trungpa
Being committed to your higher purpose and loving to yourself is the first priority. In your day-to-day contacts, know that you do not owe anyone your time or energy. They are the greatest gifts you have been given, and how you use them will determine how much you will evolve in this lifetime. from www.orindaben.com
Only puny secrets need protection. Big discoveries are protected by public incredulity.
— Marshall McLuhan
OM AH HUM VAJRA GURU PEMA TO TRENG TSAL BHEKANZE RADZA SARWA SIDDHI PALA HUM AH
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