December 2016

At Year’s End

I tend to keep a lot of notebooks where I scribble down thoughts, ideas and quotes…
Marian Mountain

‘A wind sweeps through the trees behind the cabin. The sound is enough to awaken the…
Soyen Shaku

‘In these days of industrial and commercial civilization, the multitudes of people have very little time…
Dogen

‘I remember that a monk asked Touzi [Datong], “What are the causes and conditions of this…
Radical Dharma

‘Healing is movement and work toward wholeness. Healing is never a definite location but something in…
Chan Master Sheng Yen

‘The Buddha can manifest in any form as a transformation body to help sentient beings. According…
Liu Tzung-Yuan

A thousand mountains – not one bird flying. Ten thousand trails – no sign of human…
Torei

‘Our true teaching does not make an issue of whether one is a monk or a…
Hui-Neng

‘Freedom from form means detachment from forms in the midst of form. Freedom from thought means…
Chögyam Trungpa

‘It is often mentioned in the scriptures that without theories, without concepts, one cannot even start.…