

This mind is called big mind.” – Shunryu SuzukiĢ1. You yourself make the waves in your mind, if you leave your mind as it is, it will become calm. “Nothing outside yourself can cause any trouble. Without them, we could not follow the path at all.” – Chogyam TrungpaĢ0. So, the idea here is to feel grateful that others are presenting us with tremendous obstacle, even threats and challenges. “Without others, we would have no chance at all to develop beyond ego. “Whatever our individual troubles and challenges may be, it’s important to pause every now and then to appreciate all that we have, on every level.” – Shakti Gawainġ9. “Coming, going, the water birds don’t leave a trace, don’t follow a path.” – Dogenġ8. Thus should thoughts pass through our minds, leaving no karmic residues and not altering our realization of fundamental simplicity.” – H.H. “The wind blows through the sky and flies over continents without settling anywhere. “When there are thoughts, it is a distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.” – Ramana Maharshiġ6. “Quiet the mind and the soul will speak.” – Ma Jaya Satiġ5. True love is equanimity.” – Thich Nhat Hanhġ4. If you really have love in you, everyone around you will profit – not only humans, but animals, plants, and minerals. That light you emit is for everyone in the room. You don’t just shine on one person in the room. When true love is there, you shine like a lamp. “True love does not just choose one person.

“When you try to control everything, you enjoy nothing, sometimes, you just need to relax, breathe, let go and live in the moment.” – Buddhaġ3. I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it incredibly.” – Ajahn Chahġ2. I touch it and it rings! One day the wind may blow it off the shelf, or my elbow may knock it from the table. “One day some people came to the master and asked: “How can you be happy in a world of such impermanence, where you cannot protect your loved ones from harm, illness or death?” The master held up a glass and said: “Someone gave me this glass it holds my water admirably and it glistens in the sunlight. “These mountains that you are carrying, you were only supposed to climb.” – Najwa Zebianġ1. “I believe that the only true religion consists of having a good heart.” – Dalai Lamaġ0. Life is about creating you.”- George Bernard Shawĩ. Don’t rely on others for perceptions of life and truth.

“The way of Zen is to become independent and strong. Have faith in what will be.” – Sonia Ricottiħ.
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“The truth of Zen, just a little bit of it is what turns one’s humdrum life, a life of monotonous, uninspiring commonplaceness, into one of art, full of genuine inner creativity.” – D.T SuzukiĦ. And let your mind be free: stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I wrote down ‘Happy.’ They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” – John LennonĤ. “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life.
