Haven't done this in a while...
Stuff i liked from dailydharma:
2010-05-08:
1. Out of clutter, find simplicity.
2. From discord, find harmony.
3. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
--Albert Einstein
***
2010-05-09:
In his late fifties, Chao-chou went wandering for twenty years, visiting other teachers. Many of his conversations went like this:
"You're getting old-haven't you thought of settling down?"
"Where?" Chao-chou replied.
"We have a cottage for you."
"Use it yourself," he would say.
Then one day the same conversation started again, but went in a different direction:
"Aren't you too old to be wandering like this?"
"Where would I settle down?" Chao-chou asked.
"Are you so old that you don't know?"
Chao-chou laughed and said: "For years I've been training horses, and today I was kicked by a donkey." Chao-chou finally did settle down, and went on teaching for another forty years.
--Zen mondo
***
2010-05-10:
As an experiment, the next time you are doing an errand, stuck in traffic, or standing in line at the supermarket, instead of being preoccupied with where you're going or what needs to be done, take a moment to simply send loving wishes to all those around you. Often, there is an immediate and very remarkable shift as we feel more connected and present.
--Joseph Goldstein
tangentially related: 7-minute video where a guy explains how a single driver being unselfish can unclog traffic jams:
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2010-05-11:
"The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught."
--Vauvenargues
***
2010-05-12:
"If you find a prudent companion, a wise associate who leads a good life, having overcome all troubles, travel with that one, uplifted and aware."
--Buddha
***
2010-05-13:
Then in the end
one leaves the body
together with one's possessions.
Knowing this, the intelligent man
enjoys possessions and gives.
Having enjoyed and given
in line with his means
uncensored he goes to the heavenly state.
--Aditta Sutra
***
2010-05-15:
"There may be bliss with awakening, because it is actually a by-product of awakening, but it is not awakening itself. As long as we are chasing the by-product of awakening, we will miss the real thing."
--Adyashanti
***
2010-05-16:
"If any men or creatures come to you, do not discourteously drive them away, but receive them well and treat them, with due respect. Shri Hari (God) will be certainly pleased, if you give water to the thirsty, bread to the hungry, clothes to the naked, and your verandah to strangers for sitting and resting."
--Shirdi Sai Baba
***
2010-05-18:
"Just as elephants don't travel on rabbit paths, great enlightenment isn't a matter of details."
--Yung-chia
"There is a secret One inside us; the planets in all the galaxies pass through his hands like beads. That is a string of beads one should look at with luminous eyes."
--Kabir
***
2010-05-19:
"Lay people live in the realm of sensuality. They have families, money, and possessions, and are deeply involved in all sorts of activities. Yet sometimes they will gain insight and see dharma before monks and nuns do. Why is this? It's because of their suffering from all these things. They see the fault and can let go. They can put it down after seeing clearly in their experience. Seeing the harm and letting go, they are able to make good sense of their position in the world and benefit others."
--Ajahn Chah
Great belief, great doubt, great determination.
--Hakuin Zenji's three essential elements
***
2010-05-20:
"Buddha was a human being, like you or me. He never claimed divinity, he merely knew he had the buddha nature, the seed of enlightenment, and that everyone else did too. The buddha nature is simply the birthright of every sentient being, and I always say: 'Our buddha nature is as good as any buddha's buddha nature.'"
--Sogyal Rinpoche
***
2010-05-21:
"My soul gave me good counsel, teaching me that the lamp which I carry does not belong to me, and the song that I sing was not generated from within me. Even if I walk with light, I am not the light; and if I am a taut-stringed lute, I am not the lute player."
--Jalal ad Din Rumi
***
2010-05-22:
1. Get enough food to eat, and eat it.
2. Find a place to sleep where it is quiet, sleep there.
3. Reduce intellectual and emotional noise until you arrive at the silence of yourself, and listen to it.
4.
--Richard Brautigan
***
2010-05-23:
"We each need to make our lion's roar-to persevere with unshakable courage when faced with all manner of doubts and sorrows and fears-to declare our right to awaken. We need to take the one seat, as the Buddha did, and completely face what is true about this life. Make no mistake about this, it is not easy. It can take the courage of a lion or a lioness, especially when we are asked to sit with the depth of our pain or fear."
--Jack Kornfield
***
2010-05-24:
"In the song of the rushing torrent, hold on to the joyful assurance: I will become the sea. And this is not a vain supposition; it is absolute humility, because it is the truth."
--Rabindranath Tagore
"Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving."
--Kahlil Gibran
***
2010-05-25:
"The mere sense of living is joy enough."
--Emily Dickinson
***
2010-05-26:
"To enjoy the world without judgement is what a realized life is like."
--Charlotte Joko Beck
"The deeper that sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?"
--Kahlil Gibran
***
2010-05-27:
If i could have two things
in one:
the peace of the grave,
and the light of the sun.
--Edna St. Vincent Millay
***
2010-05-28:
"I honor those who try to rid themselves of any lying, who empty the self and have only clear being there."
--Jalal ad Din Rumi
***
2010-05-31:
"A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave."
--Mohandas Gandhi
"A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad."
--Bodhidharma
2010-05-08:
1. Out of clutter, find simplicity.
2. From discord, find harmony.
3. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
--Albert Einstein
***
2010-05-09:
In his late fifties, Chao-chou went wandering for twenty years, visiting other teachers. Many of his conversations went like this:
"You're getting old-haven't you thought of settling down?"
"Where?" Chao-chou replied.
"We have a cottage for you."
"Use it yourself," he would say.
Then one day the same conversation started again, but went in a different direction:
"Aren't you too old to be wandering like this?"
"Where would I settle down?" Chao-chou asked.
"Are you so old that you don't know?"
Chao-chou laughed and said: "For years I've been training horses, and today I was kicked by a donkey." Chao-chou finally did settle down, and went on teaching for another forty years.
--Zen mondo
***
2010-05-10:
As an experiment, the next time you are doing an errand, stuck in traffic, or standing in line at the supermarket, instead of being preoccupied with where you're going or what needs to be done, take a moment to simply send loving wishes to all those around you. Often, there is an immediate and very remarkable shift as we feel more connected and present.
--Joseph Goldstein
tangentially related: 7-minute video where a guy explains how a single driver being unselfish can unclog traffic jams:
***
2010-05-11:
"The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught."
--Vauvenargues
***
2010-05-12:
"If you find a prudent companion, a wise associate who leads a good life, having overcome all troubles, travel with that one, uplifted and aware."
--Buddha
***
2010-05-13:
Then in the end
one leaves the body
together with one's possessions.
Knowing this, the intelligent man
enjoys possessions and gives.
Having enjoyed and given
in line with his means
uncensored he goes to the heavenly state.
--Aditta Sutra
***
2010-05-15:
"There may be bliss with awakening, because it is actually a by-product of awakening, but it is not awakening itself. As long as we are chasing the by-product of awakening, we will miss the real thing."
--Adyashanti
***
2010-05-16:
"If any men or creatures come to you, do not discourteously drive them away, but receive them well and treat them, with due respect. Shri Hari (God) will be certainly pleased, if you give water to the thirsty, bread to the hungry, clothes to the naked, and your verandah to strangers for sitting and resting."
--Shirdi Sai Baba
***
2010-05-18:
"Just as elephants don't travel on rabbit paths, great enlightenment isn't a matter of details."
--Yung-chia
"There is a secret One inside us; the planets in all the galaxies pass through his hands like beads. That is a string of beads one should look at with luminous eyes."
--Kabir
***
2010-05-19:
"Lay people live in the realm of sensuality. They have families, money, and possessions, and are deeply involved in all sorts of activities. Yet sometimes they will gain insight and see dharma before monks and nuns do. Why is this? It's because of their suffering from all these things. They see the fault and can let go. They can put it down after seeing clearly in their experience. Seeing the harm and letting go, they are able to make good sense of their position in the world and benefit others."
--Ajahn Chah
Great belief, great doubt, great determination.
--Hakuin Zenji's three essential elements
***
2010-05-20:
"Buddha was a human being, like you or me. He never claimed divinity, he merely knew he had the buddha nature, the seed of enlightenment, and that everyone else did too. The buddha nature is simply the birthright of every sentient being, and I always say: 'Our buddha nature is as good as any buddha's buddha nature.'"
--Sogyal Rinpoche
***
2010-05-21:
"My soul gave me good counsel, teaching me that the lamp which I carry does not belong to me, and the song that I sing was not generated from within me. Even if I walk with light, I am not the light; and if I am a taut-stringed lute, I am not the lute player."
--Jalal ad Din Rumi
***
2010-05-22:
1. Get enough food to eat, and eat it.
2. Find a place to sleep where it is quiet, sleep there.
3. Reduce intellectual and emotional noise until you arrive at the silence of yourself, and listen to it.
4.
--Richard Brautigan
***
2010-05-23:
"We each need to make our lion's roar-to persevere with unshakable courage when faced with all manner of doubts and sorrows and fears-to declare our right to awaken. We need to take the one seat, as the Buddha did, and completely face what is true about this life. Make no mistake about this, it is not easy. It can take the courage of a lion or a lioness, especially when we are asked to sit with the depth of our pain or fear."
--Jack Kornfield
***
2010-05-24:
"In the song of the rushing torrent, hold on to the joyful assurance: I will become the sea. And this is not a vain supposition; it is absolute humility, because it is the truth."
--Rabindranath Tagore
"Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving."
--Kahlil Gibran
***
2010-05-25:
"The mere sense of living is joy enough."
--Emily Dickinson
***
2010-05-26:
"To enjoy the world without judgement is what a realized life is like."
--Charlotte Joko Beck
"The deeper that sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?"
--Kahlil Gibran
***
2010-05-27:
If i could have two things
in one:
the peace of the grave,
and the light of the sun.
--Edna St. Vincent Millay
***
2010-05-28:
"I honor those who try to rid themselves of any lying, who empty the self and have only clear being there."
--Jalal ad Din Rumi
***
2010-05-31:
"A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave."
--Mohandas Gandhi
"A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad."
--Bodhidharma