The World

"The world takes on a different appearance when you see it for what it is.

As long as your life is about you and your personal gain, the world will look like a collection of things you either can’t have or have too much of.
But that speaks of who you are and  not what the world is.

You will be  surprised to see what the world looks like when you no longer want anything from it. It looks like a dance of light and motion, animated by Divine Love.  "

"Even God doesn't plan to judge a man until the end of his days. Why should you and I?"

"A mind that is fast is sick,

A mind that is slow is sound,

A mind that is still is divine."

"When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer."

"To be oneself is so simple.

And because it is simple it is difficult to explain.

Therefore the true sage lets his simplicity do the talking."

“Better to understand for a single day the fleeting nature of things than to live for a hundred years without such understanding.”

(The Buddha, verse 113, The Dhammapada)

However deep your

knowledge of the scriptures,

it is no more than a strand of hair

in the vastness of space.

However important appears

your  worldly experience,

it is but a drop of water in a deep ravine.

(Tokusan)

No tongue can tell Your secret

No tongue can tell Your secret

for the measure of the word obscures Your nature.

But the gift of the ear

is that it hears

what the tongue cannot tell.

By Hakim Sanai

(English version by Priya Hemenway)

The Seeker

"The seeker is he who is in search of himself...

 To know what you are, you must first investigate and know

 what you are not."

Speaking Truth

It is possible to speak truth in anger.

When so done, people tend to hear the anger and not the truth.

It is possible to speak truth in arrogance.

When so done, people tend to hear the arrogance

and not the truth.

It is possible to speak truth in deceitful ways.

When so done, people tend to sense the deceit

and take the truth for more deceit.

It is possible to speak truth in loving kindness.

When so done, people tend to hear the love and the truth......

(Jesa MacBeth )

It is as though you have an eye

That sees all forms.

But does not see itself.

This is how your mind is.

Its light penetrates everywhere

And engulfs everything.

So why does it not know itself?

Foyan

Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water.

The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken.

Although its light is wide and great,

The moon is reflected even in a puddle an inch wide.

The whole moon and the entire sky

Are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

 (Dogen )

A busy mind.......

“The mind’s only duty is disturbance. Our enlightenment patiently wait for the follies of thoughts to subside. Once peace exists, our spirit will implode with a burst of light. This light is the guide to the higher self and truthful existence. Once blinded by this light, we will see our cause and live it accordingly.

                                                                    (source:internet)