In this

world of ours,

what good does it do for

you to have the praise of others?

For blossoms, the winds of

spring; for the moon,

floating clouds.

 

Shotetsu 

 

 

The

greatest virtue is

to follow Tao, and only Tao.

You might say, “But Tao is elusive!

Evasive! Mysterious! Dark!

How can one follow

that?”

 

By

following this:

Out of silent subtle mystery

emerge images. These images coalesce

into forms. Within each form is contained

the seed and essence of life. Thus do

all things emerge and expand

out of darkness and

emptiness.

 

Because

its essence is real

and evident in the origins

of all things, the name of the

Tao has survived since

the beginning of

time.

 

How can you be at one with it?

Simply by looking inside.

 

from The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu,

Chapter 21

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To the

ordinary person,

the body of humanity seems

vast. In truth, it is neither

bigger nor smaller than

anything else.

 

To the

ordinary person,

there are others whose awareness

needs raising. In truth, there is no self,

and no other. To the ordinary person,

the temple is sacred and the field

is not. This, too, is a dualism

which runs counter to

the truth.

 

Those

who are highly evolved

maintain an undiscriminating

perception. Seeing everything, labeling

nothing, they maintain their awareness

of  the Great Oneness. Thus they

are supported

by it.

 

from Hua hu Ching, Chapter 19

 

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There is no escape.

You can’t be a vagabond and an artist

and still be a solid citizen, a wholesome, upstanding man.

You want to get drunk, so you have to accept the hangover.

You say yes to the sunlight and pure fantasies, so you

have to say yes to the filth and the nausea.

Everything is within you, gold and mud,

happiness and pain, the laughter

of childhood and the

apprehension

of death.

 

Say yes

to everything, shirk

nothing. Don’t try to lie to yourself.

You are not a solid citizen. You are not a Greek.

You are not harmonious, or the master of yourself.

You are a bird in the storm. Let

it storm! Let it drive

you!

 

Herman Hesse

 

 

Thus

shall ye think

of all this fleeting world:

a star at dawn, a bubble in a stream;

a flash of lightning in a summer

cloud, a flickering lamp,

a phantom, and a

dream.

 

Prajnaparamita