“What we can change is our perceptions, which have the effect of changing everything.”
― Buddha in the Classroom: Zen Wisdom to Inspire Teachers
― Buddha in the Classroom: Zen Wisdom to Inspire Teachers
“To Do Today, 1/17/08
1. Sit and think
2. Reach enlightenment
3. Feed the cats”
― I Should Have Renamed This
1. Sit and think
2. Reach enlightenment
3. Feed the cats”
― I Should Have Renamed This
“Wide are men’s inquiries into uncertainties; wider still are their disputes about conjectures.”
― A Treatise On The Soul
― A Treatise On The Soul
“For it is really better for us not to know a thing, because [God] has not revealed it to us, than to know it according to man’s wisdom, because he has been bold enough to assume it.”
― A Treatise On The Soul
― A Treatise On The Soul
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few”
― Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
― Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
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