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“Zen Master Lin Chi once said: "If you meet the Buddha, kill the Buddha. If you meet the Patriarch, kill the Patriarch." For the one who only has devotion, this declaration is terrible; it confuses him completely. But its effect depends on the mentality and capacity of the one who hears. If the man is strong, he truly will have the capacity to liberate himself from all authority, whatever it might be, and to accomplish in himself ultimate truth.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen Keys: A Guide to Zen Practice

“The Buddha taught non-attachment not as a means of escaping reality, but as a means of dealing with the fundamental nature of reality. There simply is nothing to which we can attach ourselves, no matter how hard we try. The idea of behaving without attachment springs from understanding that everything is empty. The self is empty, the desires of the self are empty, and the objects of those desires also are empty. In time, things will change and the conditions that produced our current desires will be gone. Why then, cling to them now? The Buddha taught that our tendency to cling to the illusion of permanence is a fundamental cause of suffering.”
― Hsing Yun, Describing the Indescribable: A Commentary on the Diamond Sutra

“The Way is not in the sky; the Way is in the heart.”
― Gautama Buddha

“Love one another." If we took those simple words to heart, we'd already be the Buddhas Jesus wanted us to be.”
― Kathleen Dowling Singh, The Grace in Aging: Awaken as You Grow Older