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Power comes not from the barrel of a gun, but from one's awareness of his or her own cultural strength read more
Power comes not from the barrel of a gun, but from one's awareness of his or her own cultural strength and the unlimited capacity to empathize with, feel for, care, and love one's brothers and sisters.
The mind that does not understand is the Buddha. There is no other.
The mind that does not understand is the Buddha. There is no other.
Life a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of the future beyond knowledge, the quality read more
Life a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of the future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter.
If you can control a man’s thinking, you don’t have to worry about his actions. If you can determine what read more
If you can control a man’s thinking, you don’t have to worry about his actions. If you can determine what a man thinks you do not have worry about what he will do. If you can make a man believe that he is inferior, you don’t have to compel him to seek an inferior status, he will do so without being told and if you can make a man believe that he is justly an outcast, you don’t have to order him to the back door, he will go to the back door on his own and if there is no back door, the very nature of the man will demand that you build one.
The tighter you squeeze, the less you have. The best leaders of all, the people know not they read more
The tighter you squeeze, the less you have. The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say We did it ourselves. The mind that does not understand is the Buddha. There is no other. •Ma-Tsu You cannot describe it or draw it. You cannot praise it enough or perceive it. No place can be found in which to put the Original Face; it will not disappear even when the universe is destroyed. •Mumon Learning Zen is a phenomenon of gold and dung. Before you understand it, it's like gold; after you understand it, it's like dung. •Zen Saying No thought, no reflection, no analysis, no cultivation, no intention; let it settle itself. •Tilopa When you pass through, no one can pin you down, no one can call you back. •Ying-An There are no mundane things outside of Buddhism, and there is no Buddhism outside of mundane things. •Yuan-Wu The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there. •Robert M. Pirsig Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's dark. •Zen Proverb Sit quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.
Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... read more
Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.
The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.
The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.
The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry read more
The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does.
