“There are four kinds of bodhisattva action. The first is generosity—just giving people what they need or want. The next is good speech—giving encouragement, confidence, and a persevering mind. Next is telling them about the Dharma and the way out of suffering. Finally, if they don’t listen, you must act together with them—together-action. Whether it is bad or good action doesn’t matter; your not-moving center shines to their minds. Then someday they will ask for help and listen. If”
― Only Don't Know: Selected Teaching Letters of Zen Master Seung Sahn
― Only Don't Know: Selected Teaching Letters of Zen Master Seung Sahn
“The journey –the adventure- may well be a microcosmic expression of the universe experiencing the universe, rather than sitting at home on the unmanifest couch, fondling the cat and ordering pizza via an app. Everything”
― Pieces of Eight: Chaos Magic Essays and Enchantments
― Pieces of Eight: Chaos Magic Essays and Enchantments
“Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.”
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“I have always found it quaint and rather touching that there is a movement [Libertarians] in the US that thinks Americans are not yet selfish enough.”
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“Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers. The question of what to do with the feelings that have been aroused, the knowledge that has been communicated. If one feels that there is nothing 'we' can do -- but who is that 'we'? -- and nothing 'they' can do either -- and who are 'they' -- then one starts to get bored, cynical, apathetic.”
― Regarding the Pain of Others
― Regarding the Pain of Others
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