We are born
under circumstances that
would be favourable if we did not
abandon them. It was nature’s intention
that there should be no need of great equipment
for a good life: every individual can make himself happy.
External goods are of trivial importance and without much influence
in either direction: prosperity does not elevate the sage and
adversity does not depress him. For he has always made
the effort to rely as much as possible on himself
and to derive all delight from
himself.
Venture
with love and
you win the battle.
Defend with love and you are
invulnerable. Heaven’s
secret is motherly
love.
from The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu,
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Desire and mistrust
keep you from finding ease.
Peace of mind comes when we let go
of ambitions and fears and follow
the Sage from moment
to moment.
4th changing line,
from The I Ching, or Book of Changes
Hexagram 56, Lü / The Wanderer
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When hate and
love don’t block the mind,
stretch out both legs and
then lie down.
If you hope and intend
to transform others, you must perfect
expedient means. Don’t cause them to have
doubts, and then their self-nature
will appear.
The Buddhadharma is
here in the world; enlightenment is
not apart from the world. To search for Bodhi
apart from the world is like looking for
a hare with horns.
Right views are
transcendental; deviant views
are all mundane. Deviant and right
completely destroyed: the
Bodhi nature appears
spontaneously.
This verse is
the Sudden Teaching, also called
the great dharma boat. Hear in confusion,
pass through ages, in an instant’s
space, enlightenment.
