Bud Walker, 17 April 1925 ~ 27 January 2017

 

Which

is more precious,

fame or health? Which is more

valuable, health or wealth?

Which is more harmful,

winning or

losing?

 

The more

excessive your love,

the greater your suffering.

The longer you hoard,

the heavier your

losses.

 

Knowing

what is enough is freedom.

Knowing when to stop is safety.

Practice these, and

you’ll endure.

 

from The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu,

Chapter 44

 

ebooks & apps of the Tao the Ching, I Ching,

Hua hu Ching, and Art of War for

iPad, Phone, Kindle, Nook,

or Android

 

You

can now buy

Tao te Ching as part of a

five-app bundle of Taoist classics 

for iPhone or iPad for less than

the cost of one hardcover

book.

 

 

Solitude is an art.

Mental training is needed to refine

and stabilize it. When you practice solitude,

you dedicate yourself to the

care of the soul.

 

Stephen Batchelor

 

Those people

who actually realize it just

keep serene and free at all times,

without cravings, without

dependence.

 

Yantou

 

 

My heart has

become capable of every form:

It is a pasture for gazelles and a cloister

for Christian monks, a temple for idols and

the pilgrim’s Ka’ba, and the tables of

the torah and the book of

the Qur’an.

 

I follow

the religion of love:

whatever way love’s camels take,

that is my religion and

my faith.

 

Ibn ‘Arabi

 

 

Evening

and nighttime are

times of rest for cultivated people.

Accordingly you should withdraw into the

chamber of spirit and embrace oneness without

parting. Since there are no worldly feelings enveloping

you, neither is there an original sublime truth —

when you are like a dead man for the time

being, that is called great rest. After you

get to the point of dreaming and

sleeping without becoming

muddled, you see the

effect of mastering

seriousness.

 

Then

the following morning

is the time for the cultured person’s

“daily renewal”. Accordingly, you should rise

early and daily seek what you have yet to attain,

with the determination to do ten times or a hundred

times what others do. The days become months, the months

become years; those who study without question of how

long it takes, be it three years or five years, never

fail to reach sagehood. When you are mindful

at every moment, nurturing it with each

breath, the work is never interrupted;

perfected day after day and month

after month, learning will

shine with light.

 

The Cultivator of Realization