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“Whether a dewdrop is on a flower or a heap of dung, the morning light sparkles on it just the same.”
― Zen Seeds: 60 Essential Buddhist Teachings on Effort, Gratitude, and Happiness
― Zen Seeds: 60 Essential Buddhist Teachings on Effort, Gratitude, and Happiness
“At the beginning of zazen meditation, when all is still, the sound of the valley stream is loud and clear. When we pace slowly after meditation, to ease leg pains and drowsiness, the sound of the stream seems to be less audible. When zazen is completed, the sound cannot be heard at all. Why should this be?”
― Zen Seeds: 60 Essential buddhist Teachings on Effort, Gratitude, and Happiness
― Zen Seeds: 60 Essential buddhist Teachings on Effort, Gratitude, and Happiness
“HEARING THE VOICE OF THE VALLEY STREAM THE WATER OF THE VALLEY STREAM is always flowing. It races on, not pausing for even an instant. Its sound, to me, is the sound of time. The water of time glistens on the riverbed of the universe. Though theirs is a much slower flow, stones, trees, houses, and towns are flowing too. Human beings and all things that have life flow. Thought and culture, too, flow. That all these appear to be unchanging is but illusion.”
― Zen Seeds: 60 Essential buddhist Teachings on Effort, Gratitude, and Happiness
― Zen Seeds: 60 Essential buddhist Teachings on Effort, Gratitude, and Happiness
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