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Li Po

Posted in Aha This! on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

You ask why I live
Alone in the mountain forest,
And I smile and am silent
Until even my soul grows quiet:
It lives in the other world,
One that no one owns.
The peach trees blossom.
The water continues to flow.

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Kuei-Shan

Posted in Aha This! on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

“As long as you are subject
To a life bound by force of habit,
You are not free from the
Burden of the body.”

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Seeds of Trust

Posted in Our lives as we live, Time Table on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The packet of seeds
Rustling , nudging for years
Burst open today.
I shall reap the seeds of trust.

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Bankei

Posted in Aha This! on July 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »

“Your self-partiality is at
the root of all your illusions.
There aren’t any illusions
when you don’t have this
preference for yourself”.

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This July…

Posted in Time Table on July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

“Like the little stream
Making its way
Through the mossy crevices,
I, too, quietly
Turn clear and transparent”.
Hakuin

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Surangama Sutra

Posted in In Wonder on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

You will see then that both your body and mind,
together with the mountains, rivers, space,
and earth of the outward world,
are all within the wonderful, illumined,
 and true Mind.

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