Gary Snyder  - Quotes

 When the mind is exhausted of images, it invents its own. 

Tags: buddhism   dharma   gary   mind   snyder     


Jack Kerouac  - Quotes

 One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple. 

Tags: dharma   simplicity   writing     
Robert Aitken  - Quotes

 The Buddha's original teaching is essentially a matter of four points -- the Four Noble Truths:



1. Anguish is everywhere.

2. We desire permanent existence of ourselves and for our loved ones, and we desire to prove ourselves independent of others and superior to them. These desires conflict with the way things are: nothing abides, and everything and everyone depends upon everything and everyone else. This conflict causes our anguish, and we project this anguish on those we meet.



3. Release from anguish comes with the personal acknowledgment and resolve: we are here together very briefly, so let us accept reality fully and take care of one another while we can.



4. This acknowledgement and resolve are realized by following the Eightfold Path: Right Views, Right Thinking, Right Speech, Right Conduct, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Recollection, and Right Meditation. Here
 

Tags: buddhism   dharma     


William Blake  - Quotes

 The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse, how he shall take his prey. 

Tags: dharma   pluralism     


Quotes of the Day