Lalla,

you’ve wandered

so many places trying to find

your husband! Now at last, inside the

walls of this body-house, in the

heart-shrine, you discover

where he lives.

Lalla

Wherever and whenever


The mind is found
 attached to anything,


make haste to detach
 yourself from it.
 When you

tarry for
 any length of time it will turn

again into your old

home town.

Shūhō Myōchō

What

is the good

in clinging to slogans,

quotations, and formulas?

This is passing around stale bread.

Just shut the language door,

open your awareness,

and don’t look

back.
 

Wei wu Wei Ching, Chapter 50

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I wouldn’t say

that in recent times those who

study the Way do not try hard, but they often

just memorize Zen stories and try to pass judgement on

the ancient and modern Zen masters, picking and choosing among

words and phrases, creating complicated rationalizations

and learning stale slogans. Will they ever be done

with this? If you study Zen like this, all you

will get is a worn out collection

of antiques and

curios.

Yuanwu

Be joyful 

though you have 

considered all 

the facts.

Wendell Berry

ansel adams

 When you do not realize

that you are one with the river, or one

with the universe, you have fear. Whether it is

separated into drops or not, water is water. Our life and

death are the same thing. When we realize  this

fact we have no fear of death anymore,

and we have no actual

difficulty in life.
 

Shunryu Suzuki