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Live In Joy

Live In Joy Live in Joy, In love. Even among those who hate. Live in joy, In health, Even among the afflicted. Live in joy, In peace, Even among the troubled. Look within. Be still. Free from fear and attachment, Know the sweet joy of living in the way. ~ …

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Remember the clear light …

Remember the clear light, the pure clear white light from which everything in the universe comes, to which everything in the universe returns; the original nature of your own mind. The natural state of the universe unmanifest. Let go into the clear light, trust it, merge with it. It is …

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One of master Gasan’s monks

One of master Gasan’s monks visited the university in Tokyo. When he returned, he asked the master if he had ever read the Christian Bible. “No,” Gasan replied, “Please read some of it to me.” The monk opened the Bible to the Sermon on the Mount in St. Matthew, and …

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Zen Flesh, Zen Bones

It is too clear and so it is hard to see. A dunce once searched for a fire with a lighted lantern. Had he known what fire was, He could have cooked his rice much sooner. –   Joshu Washes the Bowl, The Gateless Gate #7 Zen Flesh, Zen Bones, p. …

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Mandela’s Way

“It is impossible to have perfect knowledge of every situation before making a decision, and we would paralyze ourselves if we insisted on it… Most of the mistakes he made in his life came from acting too hastily rather than too slowly. Don’t hurry, he would say; think, analyze, then …

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Dogen, the sixth patriarch of Zen…

“The sixth patriarch of Zen heard two monks arguing, one saying it is the flag moving, one saying it is the wind moving. As they argued ceaselessly back and forth like this, the patriarch said, “It is not the wind moving, it is not the flag moving–it is your minds …

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Thomas Merton reflection on love…..

“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.” Thomas Merton quotes (American and Trappist Monk t Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in Trappist, …

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