“Concepts are not real things; a conceptualized world is a dead world. Living actualities lose their life when put into concepts.”
― Everyday Suchness: Buddhist Essays on Everyday Living
― Everyday Suchness: Buddhist Essays on Everyday Living
“The mind itself—the seemingly solid, stable mind—dissolves into a stream of cittas flashing in and out of being moment by moment, coming from nowhere and going nowhere, yet continuing in sequence without pause.”
― The Noble Eightfold Path: Way to the End of Suffering
― The Noble Eightfold Path: Way to the End of Suffering
“(I enjoy what I do; I enjoy the company of others; I look back with a sense of happiness; I feel full of energy).”
― The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains
― The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains
“Modern man has too many masks to wear. We must unmask and be ourselves, sincerely, earnestly and live truly as we are,”
― Everyday Suchness: Buddhist Essays on Everyday Living
― Everyday Suchness: Buddhist Essays on Everyday Living
“In the nembutsu we see and feel the Buddha everywhere and in everything. Life itself becomes the unfolding of Buddha”
― Everyday Suchness: Buddhist Essays on Everyday Living
― Everyday Suchness: Buddhist Essays on Everyday Living
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