Thought for Mon, 30 Nov 2009

Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a
child at play. - Heraclitus

Thought for Sun, 29 Nov 2009

When you give a shilling to a beggar
- do you realize that you are giving it to yourself?

When you help a lame dog over a stile
- do you realize that you yourself are being helped?

When you kick a man when he is down
- do you realize that you are kicking yourself?

Give him another kick - if you deserve it!
- Why Lazurus Laughed by Wei Wu Wei

Thought for Sat, 28 Nov 2009

This is the way of peace: "Overcome evil with good,
falsehood with truth, and hatred with love." - Peace Pilgrim

Thought for Fri, 27 Nov 2009

The true meaning of the precepts is not just that one should refrain from
drinking alcohol, but also from getting drunk on nirvana. - Bassui

Thought for Thu, 26 Nov 2009

Destroy 'the ego', hound it, beat it, snub it,
tell it where it gets off?

Great fun, no doubt, but where is it?
Must you not find it first?

Isn't there a word about catching your goose
before you can cook it?

The great difficulty here is that there isn't one.

- 'Posthumous Pieces' by Wei Wu Wei

Thought for Wed, 25 Nov 2009

Spontaneity is being present in the present.

Spontaneity by-passes the processes of the conceptual (aspect of) mind.

Re-integration with Nature, which we are, is the recovery of spontaneity.

- Why Lazurus Laughed by Wei Wu Wei

Thought for Tue, 24 Nov 2009

A good friend who points out
mistakes and imperfections
and rebukes evil is to be respected
as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure. - Buddha

Thought for Mon, 23 Nov 2009

Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing
it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. - Buddha

Thought for Sun, 22 Nov 2009

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think.
When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. - Buddha

Thought for Sat, 21 Nov 2009

We say, "In calmness there should be activity; '
in activity there should be calmness."
Actually, they are the same thing;
to say "calmness" or to say "activity"
is just to express different interpretations
of one fact. There is harmony in our activity,
and where there is harmony there is calmness. - D.T. Suzuki

Thought for Fri, 20 Nov 2009

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring
will be to arrive where we started, and know the place for the first time. - T.S. Eliot

Thought for Thu, 19 Nov 2009

It is necessary to understand that I Am,
In order that I may know that I Am Not,
So that, at last, I may realize that,
I Am Not, therefore I Am. - Ask the Awakened by Wei Wu Wei

Thought for Wed, 18 Nov 2009

Ambition and anger will disappear when you stop concerning yourself
with the fruit of your actions. - Buddha

Thought for Tue, 17 Nov 2009

The third step of the Eightfold Path is Right Speech, meaning to abstain from
all lying, falsehoods, evil, abusive, and frivolous speech.

Thought for Mon, 16 Nov 2009

It is our earth, not yours or mine or his.
We are meant to live on it, helping each other,
not destroying each other. - J. Krishnamurti

Thought for Sun, 15 Nov 2009

The worst taint is ignorance. Destroy this one taint and become taintless.
- Buddha

Thought for Sat, 14 Nov 2009

The purest doctrines, such as those of Ramana Maharshi, Padma Sambhava, Huang
Po and Shen Hui, just teach that it is sufficient by analysis to comprehend
that there is no entity which could have effective volition, that an apparent
act of volition when in accord with the inevitable can only be a vain gesture
and, when in discord, the fluttering of a caged bird against the bars of his
cage. When he knows that, then at last he has peace and is glad.

Non-volitional living is glad living.
'All Else is Bondage; Non-Volitional Living' - Wei Wu Wei

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