There is a characteristic of Zen which cannot be found in any other practice or in any religion. That is to say, its peculiar mode of expressing profound religious insight by such actions as the lifting up of a hair-brush, or by the tapping of the chair with a staff, or by a loud outcry, …
To learn and then do. Is that not a pleasure? Confucius.
Whoso is content with pure experience and acts upon it, has enough of truth. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Music lulls the disordered thoughts, and elevates the dejected spirits. Cervantes.
Why not consecrate ourselves to the queen of the Camelias, and revel in the warm stream of sympathy that flows from her altar? In the liquid amber within the ivory porcelain, the initiated may touch the sweet reticence of Confucius, the piquancy of Lao tsu, and the ethereal aroma of Buddha himself. From The Book …
“The Great Way (The Tao) is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When love and hate are both absent, everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the smallest distinction, however, and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart. If you wish to see the truth, then hold no opinions for, or against, anything. To …
From the Ram Dass website. You can access the original letter here A Letter to Rachel Posted December 17, 2012 Ram Dass wrote a letter some years ago to a family who had lost their young daughter, Rachel. Although he wrote it to these two parents specifically, everything in this letter applies to anyone who …
To know what you are, you must first investigate and know what you are not. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj