Abbie

“With passions stilled and one's nature firm, all destinies are in harmony; When the full moon of contemplation is reached you will be pure.”
― Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West

“The leading principle of the goal is distinguished by first-hand experience, beyond speech, imagination, and words, reaching the realm where there is no impulse, the inherent characteristic of arrival at the stage of first-hand realization, excluding all the destructive forces of speculation and dogmatism.”   “The”
― Thomas Cleary, The Lankavatara Sutra