Since

the past is unreal

and the future is unreal,

all your thoughts are

about nothing.  

 

Byron Katie

 

panstarrs across the sky

 
The universe

and I are of the same root.

The myriad things and I are

one body. That is

zazen.
 
Kodo Sawaki Roshi
 

 

Darkness

cannot drive out darkness;

only light can do that. Hate cannot

drive out hate; only love

can do that.

 

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 15, 1929 ~ April 4, 1968

 

 

If there

is peace in your mind

you will find peace with everybody.

If your mind is agitated you will find agitation

everywhere. So first find peace within and you will

see this inner peace reflected everywhere else.

You are this peace! You are happiness,

find out. Where else will you

find peace if not

within

you?

 

Papaji
 

andrew kowalik, “before the storm”

 

If I 

had known how

sorrowful this world is, 

I would have become grass

or a tree in a deep

mountain!

 

Ryokan

translated by kazuaki tanahashi