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The Grand Secret always Hidden in the open this day But we can't see the Forest to many trees in the Way, So look around do you not see the writing on the wall Telling of the tale conditionings plan for your very Fall. -- Yogajyotii

Riding the Bull Home Mounting the bull, Slowly I return homeward. The voice of my flute Intones through the evening. Measuring with hand-beats The pulsating harmony, I direct the endless rhythm. Whoever hears this melody Will join me. -- Kakuan

Having killed anger you sleep in ease. Having killed anger you do not grieve. The noble ones praise the slaying of anger -- with its honeyed crest & poison root -- for having killed it you do not grieve. -- Samyutta Nikaya

Taming the Bull The whip and rope Are necessary, Else he might stray off Down some dusty road. Being well trained, He becomes naturally gentle. Then, unfettered, He obeys his master. -- Kakuan

If you hold yourself dear then don't fetter yourself with evil, for happiness isn't easily gained by one who commits a wrong-doing. -- Samyutta Nikaya

Catching the Bull I seize him with A terrific struggle. His great will and power Are inexhaustible. He charges to the high plateau Far above the cloud-mists, Or in an inpenetrable ravine He stands. -- Kakuan

Winning gives birth to hostility. Losing, one lies down in pain. The calmed lie down with ease, having set winning & losing aside. -- Samyutta Nikaya

In the state of Sleeping there can not be any change Just beguiled by appearance as all is most deranged, Though stagnant True Nature never changes as well Just as waisted incarnation in the very depths of Hell. -- Yogajyotii

Perceiving the Bull I hear the song Of the nightengale. The sun is warm, The wind is mild, Willows are green Along the shore, Here no bull can hide! What artist can draw That massive head, Those majestic horns? -- Kakuan

Let no one deceive another or despise anyone anywhere, or through anger or irritation wish for another to suffer. -- Khuddakapatha

Discovering the Footprints Along the riverbank Under the trees, I discover footprints! Even under the fragrant grass I see his prints. Deep in remote mountains They are found. These traces no more Can be hidden Than one’s nose, Looking heavenward. -- Kakuan

He who does not strike nor makes others strike, who robs not nor makes others rob, sharing love with all that live, finds enmity with none. -- Itivuttaka

It's all in the mind attached to figment of Imaginations Let go of the mental Illusion it is your very Damnation, When you let the mind have it's way it's your Disaster Just let go of those Grand Illusions you Awaken faster. -- Yogajyotii

The Search for the Bull In the pasture of the world, I endlessly push aside the tall Grasses in search of the bull. Following unnamed rivers, Lost upon the interpenetrating Paths of distant mountains, My strength failing And my vitality exhausted, I cannot find the bull. I only hear locusts chirring Through the forest at night. -- Kakuan

Hate brings great misfortune, hate churns up and harms the mind; this fearful danger deep within most people do not understand. -- Itivuttaka

To know what you know And to know What you don’t know, That is real wisdom. -- Confucius

One should first establish oneself in what is proper and only then try to instruct others. Doing this, the wise one will not be criticized. -- Dhammapada

When it’s time to get dressed, put your clothes on. When you must walk, then walk. When you must sit, then sit. Don’t have a single thought in your mind about seeking Buddhahood. What Dharma do you say must be realized, and what Tao cultivated? What do you lack in the way you are functioning right now? What will you add to where you are? -- Lin-chi

"As I am, so are others; as others are, so am I." Having thus identified self and others, harm no one nor have them harmed. -- Sutta Nipata

Reading about Enlightenement is like scratching an itch through your shoe. -- Roshi Philip Kapleau

I never cite Buddha’s words Or the word of Zen patriarchs When I teach. All I do is comment directly On people themselves. That takes care of everything. I don’t have to quote either the Buddha Dharma or the Zen Dharma. I don’t have to when I can clear Everything up for you by Commenting directly on you And your personal concerns Right here and now. I’ve no reason to preach About Buddhism or Zen. -- Bankei

It doesn't take but half a brain to know it's in your head Just projections of a logic and concepts that are dead, The mind just does what it does it's the thoughts defile It is the conditioned me/my/this operations for a while. -- Yogajyotii

May all creatures, all living things, all beings one and all, experience good fortune only. May they not fall into harm. -- Anguttara Nikaya

There are no precepts to follow, No practices to engage in. From the outset There are no passions; From the beginning we are Enlightened. We eat when we are hungry, Rest when we are tired. -- Nonin

With all his attachments cut, with the heart's pining subdued, calm and serene and happy is he, for he has attained peace of mind. -- Samyutta Nikaya

On the day of his enlightenment, in front of the lecture hall, Tokusan burned to ashes his commentaries on the sutras. He said: "However abstruse the teachings are, in comparison with this enlightenment they are like a single hair to the great sky. However profound the complicated knowledge of the world, compared to this enlightenment it is like one drop of water to the great ocean." Then he left the monastery. -- The Gateless Gate

Freedom from lust is happiness in the world, the going beyond all sensual desires. But the crushing out of the conceit "I am"- this is the highest happiness. -- Udana

Relax... let go. Just watch. The body is there, the mind is there, but you are not the mind or the body. You are just the witness. This witness is the buddha. -- Osho

Poor abused little pitiful me all you want to do is whine That you have to let go this and that as me and mine, It goes by many names yet it turns out to be the same The personal Grand Trickster and his Sleeping Game. -- Yogajyotii

Learn this from the waters: in mountain clefts and chasms, loud gush the streamlets, but great rivers flow silently. -- Sutta Nipata

Why do I talk here? Only because you Followers of the Tao Go galloping around in Search of the mind, And are unable to stop it. On the other hand, The ancients acted in a leisurely Way, appropriate to Circumstances as they arose. -- Lin-chi

"Abstain from all unwholesome deeds, perform wholesome ones, purify your mind" - this is the teaching of the Buddhas. -- Dhammapada

Flowers wither easily, yet they never cease to bloom; the water in the gully is constantly flowing, yet the stream seems unchanging. Change is the eternal truth. -- Danxia

Inscription-Hui-neng’s tombstone: According to his doctrine, Non-doing is reality, Emptiness is the truth, And the ultimate meaning Of things is vast and Immovable. He taught that human nature In its beginning As well as in the end Is thoroughly good - For it has its root In that which is serene. -- Liu Tsung-yuan

Just as a tree, though cut down, sprouts up again if its roots remain uncut and firm, even so, until the craving that lies dormant is rooted out, suffering springs up again and again. -- Dhammapada

Let the mind be mind Purely unconditioned as it aught IN/AS it's perpetual Unfolding so just Still the thought, And what you Realize is a Clarity in every Undertaking IN/AS anew Eternal Infinite Present Moment Awaking. -- Yogajyotii

Deep white clouds Blanket the ragged roof Grateful for this Old Zen friend’s visit I send him off at the gate Both of us silent Standing under the Shade of the tall pine Lingering. -- Jakushitsu

Good are friends when need arises; good is contentment with just what one has; good is merit when life is at an end, and good is the abandoning of all suffering. -- Dhammapada

The spiritual journey is one of continuous learning and purification. When you know this, you become humble. -- Sogyal Rinpoche

There is a simple way To become a buddha: When you refrain From unwholesome actions, Are not attached To birth or death, And are compassionate Toward all sentient beings; Respectful to seniors And kind to juniors; Not excluding or Desiring anything, With no designing Thoughts or worries, You will be called a buddha. Do not seek anything else. -- Dogen

One who, while himself seeking happiness, does not oppress with violence other beings who also desire happiness, will find happiness hereafter. -- Dhammapada

You can only lose what you cling to. -- Buddha

If a man points at the moon, an idiot will look at the finger. -- Sufi wisdom

It is important to understand that buddha nature is not something we imagine or create from nothing. It is something that exists already, and the gradual method the Buddha taught is designed to awaken the ever-present buddha nature by instructing individuals at different levels of development exactly how to do this. -- The Twelfth Tai Situpa

Who is energetic and not indolent, In misfortune unshaken, Flawless in manner and intelligent, Such a one to honour may attain. -- Digha Nikaya

You can say phenomenality is naught but your Dream That your everyday perception isn't what it may seem, Yet is it a Dream to think such is Dream of projections As your conditioned notions that cling so to rejections. -- Yogajyotii

The moon illuminates A thousand peaks with The brilliance of daylight. The sound of the bell Falls on my pillow Of old friend’s poems; In my thin monk’s robes, Unafraid of the frost’s harshness, I rise, roll up the thin blinds, And sit in the depths of the night. -- Tesshu Tokusai

With firm resolve, guard your own mind! Whoso untiringly pursues the Dhamma and the Discipline Shall go beyond the round of births and make an end of suffering. -- Digha Nikaya

For a man who understands the meaning of life, his mind is like a mirror. When something crops up, he fully understands the situation and responds with all his being. When it is over, he holds nothing. Have no concern for what is to come and what has passed. -- Zhuang Zi

Patches of snow Here and there On the shaded banks; Spring stream half flowing, Half dried up. Windy days, Now cold, now warm; Staff and sandals Sometimes home, Sometimes out. -- Chugan Engetsu

Who gives, his virtues shall increase; Who is self-curbed, no hatred bears; Whoso is skilled in virtue, evil shuns, And by the rooting out of lust and hate And all delusion, comes to be at peace. -- Digha Nikaya

It is a matter of your Identifications with What-IS-NOT Stagnating into the ignorance of your conditioned lot, In your mind you must be the center of the Universe So it is this conditioned arrogance that is your curse. -- Yogajyotii

Simply watch your breath whenever possible. After few breaths your mind will wander. Catch this. No matter how long or short a time you have been away simply come back to the breath. Don't dwell on what is past. Be ever present with the breath. If no other object arises return to the breath. -- Vipassana

Mountain temple rainy, Dark and gloomy all day, Plums still Half yellow, half green; On my lone mat, Still and quiet, Deep in meditation, I don’t let birds and blossoms Into my garden gate. -- Betsugen Enshi

Whoever through desire, hate or fear, Or ignorance should transgress the Dhamma, All his glory fades away Like the moon during the waning half. Whoever through desire, hate or fear, Or ignorance never transgresses the Dhamma, All his glory ever increases Like the moon during the waxing half. -- Digha Nikaya

Stop leaving and you will arrive. Stop searching and you will see. Stop running away and you will be found. -- Lao Tzu

Cold Cliff’s remoteness Is what I love. No one travels this way; Clouds lie around on the peaks; A lone gibbon howls on the ridge. What else do I cherish? It’s good to grow old content. Cold and heat change my appearance; The pearl of my mind stays safe -- Cold Mountain

Those Awakening surely See through your very Mask So with the Sleeping you can get away with any task, No one knows because you know your lines so well Yet the bottom line is that you'll pay your dues in Hell. -- Yogajyotii

The friend who is a helpmate, the friend in happiness and woe, the friend who gives good counsel, the friend who sympathises too -- these four as friends the wise behold and cherish them devotedly as does a mother her own child. -- Digha Nikaya

No longer aware Of mind and object, I see earth, mountains, Rivers at last. The Dharmakaya’s everywhere. Worldlings, facing it, Can’t make it out. -- Daio

Who is hospitable, and friendly, Liberal and unselfish, A guide, an instructor, a leader, Such a one to honour may attain. -- Digha Nikaya

Since there is nothing valuable or worthless in the realm of life, then do not imagine you have a separate identity as self. Just respond naturally to the needs of each situation without seeking a result. -- Zang Zu

What's Wisdom and how will this ever be Recognized You first have to See your defilements as too despised, You have to BE a Sage in order to Recognize a Sage So look not until you've stepped down from the Stage. -- Yogajyotii

Mind, mind, mind - Above the Path. Here on my mountain, Gray hair down, I cherish bamboo sprouts, Brush carefully By pine twigs. Burning incense, I open a book: Mist over flagstones. Rolling the blind, I contemplate: Moon in the pond. Of my old friends, How many know the Way? -- Zengetsu

Relax when you meditate... just let the body be there, the mind be there, and you are neither. You are a watcher. Watch the body, watch the mind, and remember: you are simply the watcher. Bodies come and go, mind changes every moment, only the watcher remains for eternity. This watcher is your original face. -- Osho

To have much wealth and ample gold and food, but to enjoy one's luxuries alone -- this is a cause of one's downfall. -- Sutta Nipata

Don’t do anything Whatsoever with the mind - Abide in an authentic, Natural state. One’s own mind, Unwavering, is reality. The key is to meditate Like this without wavering. Experience the great reality Beyond extremes. -- The Nun Niguna

Where are we actually from and too where will we go Just the same as where are we so will you ever know, Though there is movement you really never did get far Came from where you're going which is where you are. -- Yogajyotii

Who is wise and virtuous, Gentle and keen-witted, Humble and amenable, Such a one to honour may attain. -- Digha Nikaya

Luminous is this mind, Brightly shining, But it is colored by the Attachments that visit it. This unlearned people Do not really understand, And so do not cultivate the mind. Luminous is this mind, Brightly shining, And it is free of the Attachments that visit it. This the noble follower Of the way really understands; So for them there is Cultivation of the mind. -- Buddha from Anguttara Nikaya Sutra

You interpret Wisdom through filters of what you know So the very definitions will make your Journey too slow, The very first step in Awakening is letting go the notion That there's something to find that will end commotion. -- Yogajyotii

At death a person abandons what he construes as mine. Realizing this, the wise shouldn't incline to be devoted to mine. -- Sutta Nipata

Our task is to strike a balance, to find a middle way, to learn not to overstretch ourselves with extraneous activities and preoccupations, but to simplify our lives more and more. The key to finding a happy balance in modern lives is simplicity. -- Sogyal Rinpoche

Every atom of every land is self; There is nowhere to hide. Everywhere you go, You encounter It; Such a person has eyes. On the hundred grasses, At the gates of a bustling city, Impossible to mix up, You go along with the flow; Impossible to categorize, You do not leak at all. -- Hung-chih

There are those who do not realize that one day we all must die. But those who do realize this settle their quarrels. -- Dhammapada

Easy is right. Begin right and you are easy. Continue easy, and you are right. The right way to go easy is to forget the right way and forget that the going is easy. -- Chuang Tzu

You have got to Wake-Up though you might ask why It all seem to go well but would you rather Live or Die, There is a Beginning and End to your phenomenality Can not stay connected impermanence is it's Reality. -- Yogajyotii

I have a medicine Called elixir of mind; For years it’s been refined In the oven of afflictions Till I recognized its Unchanging color in the matrix Shining with radiance, Illuminating the universe. -- Tung-shan

He is not noble who injures living beings. He is called noble because he is harmless towards all living beings. -- Dhammapada

Over the ages You have followed objects, Never once turning back To look within. Time slips away; Months and years Are wasted -- Kuei-shan Ling-yu

A man is not versed in Dhamma because he speaks much. He who, after hearing a little Dhamma, realizes its truth directly and is not heedless of it, is truly versed in the Dhamma. -- Dhammapada

One narrow path Surrounded by a dense forest; On all sides, Mountains lie in darkness. The autumn leaves Have already fallen. No rain, but still The rocks are dark with moss. Returning to my hermitage Along a way known to few, I carry a basket Of fresh mushrooms And a jar of pure water From the temple well. -- Ryokan

Know this, O good man: evil things are difficult to control. Let not greed and wickedness drag you to protracted misery. -- Dhammapada

The clouds emerge From the Mountain of Chung And then return To the Mountain of Chung. I would like to ask The dweller in this mountain, Where are the clouds now? Clouds emerge from No-mind And then return to No-mind. No-mind is nowhere to be found. We need not seek the home of No-mind. -- Wang An-shih

One who destroys life, utters lies, takes what is not given, goes to another man's wife, and is addicted to intoxicating drinks -- such a man digs up his own root even in this world. -- Dhammapada

So our short sojourn here Sleeping having this Dream Could be Peace/Compassion/Empathy it does seem, Why continue to Suffer as all you have to do is let go Of those conditioned Causes that push us to and fro. -- Yogajyotii

I often compare the mind in meditation to a jar of muddy water: the more we leave the water without interfering or stirring it, the more the particles of dirt will sink to the bottom, letting the natural clarity of the water shine through. -- Sogyal Rinpoche

Of late I deeply devote Myself to quiescence. Nothing in the world Concerns my mind. The breeze from the Pine woods blows my sash; The mountain moon Shines upon my harp. You ask me to explain The reason of failure or success. The fisherman’s song Goes deep into the river. -- Wang Wei

Difficult is life for the modest one who always seeks purity, is detached and unassuming, clean in life, and discerning. -- Dhammapada

I came with nothing. I will go with nothing but so much joy in my heart. Cultivate joy and love, honesty and sincerity, simplicity and humbleness. -- Nan Hin

To attain Knowledge, add things every day. To attain Wisdom, remove things every day. -- Lao Tzu

Just Watch the Games ever so playing with your mind Let them drift by as a greatest entertainment you'll find, Don't touch those leaving notions they can only defile Empty out for with the Lightness is the Buddha's Smile. -- Yogajyotii

Of all the vices, intellectual pride is the most treacherous and the most difficult to free oneself from, because it is not recognized as a vice. -- Swami Veda Bharati

The dharma master lives Here at Mt. Chiao, And yet, in fact, Has never lived here at all. I’ve come here to Ask about the dharma, But the dharma master Sees through me and Says nothing. It isn’t that the Dharma master lacks the words, But that I do not Understand the nature Of his reply. -- Su Shih

Just as rust arising from iron eats away the base from which it arises, even so, their own deeds lead transgressors to states of woe. -- Dhammapada

Many times the mountains have Turned from green to yellow So much for the capricious earth! Dust in your eyes, The triple world is narrow; Nothing on your mind, Your chair is wide enough. -- Muso

He has broken the cycle, attained freedom from desire. The dried-up stream no longer flows. The cycle, broken, no longer turns. This, just this, is the end of misery. -- Udana

Your Desires and sense Pleasures are a major addiction Causing much Pain and to knowing yourself a restriction, No other drug is as hard to get over than this pestilence For it is ingrained at our very Core as habitual ignorance. -- Yogajyotii

Forty-some years I’ve Lived in the mountains, Ignorant of the world’s Rise and fall. Warmed at night by a stove Full of pine needles; Satisfied at noon by a bowl Of wild plants; Sitting on rocks Watching clouds and empty thoughts; Patching my robe in sunlight; Practicing silence Till someone asks Why Bodhidharma came east, And I hang out my wash. -- Shih-wu

Make an island unto yourself! Strive hard and become wise! Rid of impurities and cleansed of stain, you shall not come again to birth and decay. -- Dhammapada

Do not try to change circumstances or aim for a certain outcome. Act according to the situation as it unfolds - that is all. -- Zhuang Zi

The question clear, The answer deep, Each particle, Each instant a reality. A bird call shrills Through the mountain dawn: Look where the old master sits, A rock in Zen. -- Sodo

Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth. -- Dhammapada

Our thoughts are who we are just the mind being a mind So just Still the mind as uprooting conditionings of a kind, BE the True Nature that you ARE not notions controlled Ever anew IN/AS the Present Moment as Peace untold. -- Yogajyotii Madness, the way they Gallop off to foreign shores! Turning to the One Mind, I find my Buddhahood, Above self and others, Beyond coming and going. This will remain When all else is gone. -- Tanzan One should give up anger, renounce pride, and overcome all fetters. Suffering never befalls him who clings not to mind and body and is detached. -- Dhammapada

Though night after night The moon is stream reflected Try to find where it has touched, Point even to a shadow. -- Takuan

Those who are devoted to the Dhamma made known by the Noble Ones are unsurpassed in speech, thought and action. They are established in peace, gentleness and concentration, and have reached the essence of learning and wisdom. -- Sutta Nipata

Unaware of illusion Or enlightenment, From this stone I watch The mountains, hear the stream. A three-day rain has Cleansed the earth, A roar of thunder split the sky. Ever serene are linked phenomena And though the mind’s alert, It’s but an ash heap. Chilly, bleak as the dusk I move through, I return, a basket brimmed With peaches on my arm. -- Genko

Happy indeed we live, friendly amidst the hostile. Amidst hostile men we dwell free from hatred. -- Dhammapada

So what is Pain do you really know have you so sought Have you given it your attention or go by what is taught, You will Fear the Pain because you really haven't a clue Of the Causes of Suffering that you surely do go through. -- Yogajyotii

The enlightened man enjoys perfect freedom in active life. The man who is not enlightened drifts about in the affairs of the world. He is like a ram that gets its horn caught in a fence. -- Engo

If you have developed great Capacity and cutting insight, You can undertake Zen Right where you are. Without getting it from another, You understand clearly On your own. -- Yuanwu

Some recluses and brahmins, so called, Are deeply attached to their own views; People who only see one side of things Engage in quarrels and disputes. -- Udana

The universal body of reality Is so subtle that You do not hear it When you deliberately Listen for it, And you do not see it When you look at it. As for the pure knowledge That has no teacher, How can it be attained by Thought or study? -- Huanglong

Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. But exceedingly difficult to do are things that are good and beneficial. -- Dhammapada

You are not yet Awakened for you are just on your Way Beware of your thinking and behavior and what you say, You can not do more than Live it as well as BE what it IS You can not Save them as you can only Point to the Bliss. -- Yogajyotii

Most people are always carrying the burden of the past, anticipating the future, while missing life in the present. Be a person who dissolves into the present...Yeh! Be like a boat that flows in time and space... Yeh! -- Heart Sutra

Few people believe their Inherent mind is Buddha. Most will not take this seriously, And therefore are cramped. They are wrapped up in Illusions, cravings, Resentments, And other afflictions, All because they love The cave of ignorance. -- Fenyang

One truly is the protector of oneself; who else could the protector be? With oneself fully controlled, one gains a mastery that is hard to gain. -- Dhammapada

Now I am called the shepherd of the desert gazelles, Now a Christian monk, Now a Zoroastrian. The Beloved is Three, yet One : Just as the three are in reality one. -- Ibn El-Arabi

The teaching of the mind ground Is the basis of Zen study. The mind ground is The great awareness Of being as is. -- Fayan

With good will for the entire cosmos, cultivate a limitless heart: Above, below, & all around, unobstructed, without hostility or hate. -- Sutta Nipata

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools. -- Confucius

Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. -- American Indian Proverb

IN/AS the Stillness is the only time when you Truly Learn You are just led by the nose for Fear that you will so Burn, Awakening is in the BEing of that Wisdom that you Talk For Wisdom is quite useless if you do not Walk the Walk. -- Yogajyotii

I explain to you matters Pertaining to enlightenment, But don’t try to keep Your mind on them. Just turn to the ocean Of your own essence And develop practical Accord with its nature. -- Yangshan

One should do what one teaches others to do; if one would train others, one should be well controlled oneself. Difficult, indeed, is self-control. -- Dhammapada

The true person does not complain of insufficiency, does not claim credit and does not seek a good reputation. He regards life as his master and abides by it. -- Zhuang Zi

What I point out to you Is only that You shouldn’t allow yourselves To be confused by others. Act when you need to, Without further hesitation or doubt. People today can’t do this What is their affliction? Their affliction is in their lack of self-confidence. If you do not spontaneously Trust yourself sufficiently, You will be in a frantic state, Pursuing all sorts of objects And being changed By those objects, Unable to be independent. -- Linji

If you fear pain, if you dislike pain, don't do an evil deed in open or secret. If you're doing or will do an evil deed, you won't escape pain: it will catch you even as you run away. -- Udana

You have to start your Awakening before you can Teach Or your offerings will just be conditioning that you Preach, You have to be Open and Honest with yourself as others Don't pretend you Know you can only Point your brothers. -- Yogajyotii

We tend to look far away for things which are right here within us! Nothing is somewhere else. Everything is right here. Have a look... -- Heerman

So taken with The faultless face and radiance Of an alluring moon, My mind goes farther - farther - To reach remote regions of the sky. -- Saigyo

O house-builder, you are seen! You will not build this house again. For your rafters are broken and your ridgepole shattered. My mind has reached the Unconditioned; I have attained the destruction of craving. -- Dhammapada

Every day priests minutely examine the Dharma and endlessly chant complicated sutras. Before doing that, though, they should learn how to read the love letters sent by the wind and rain, the snow and moon. -- Ikkyu

You want to destroy the world you're without principleness As without Truth as Compassion there can be no progress, You keep gathering so much more without any effort seen Under conditioned chatter there is no knowledge to glean. -- Yogajyotii

Alone I go And alone come back And get myself some freedom. Finally no dusty thoughts Hang up the top of my head. From here on in I’m throwing out True and false together. Isn’t this Cold Mountain’s Finest flowing stream? -- The Monk Hsu Yun

Speak not harshly to anyone, for those thus spoken to might retort. Indeed, angry speech hurts, and retaliation may overtake you. -- Dhammapada

Look at it one way And high waves seem to engulf The pines at Futami But then -- Looking again, you see Mist masking the treetops. -- Saigyo

As a mother would risk her life to protect her child, her only child, even so should one cultivate a limitless heart with regard to all beings. -- Sutta Nipata

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that things are difficult. -- Seneca

Security and changelessness are fabricated by the ego-dominated mind and do not exist in nature.

Who are you to think you are so important as to know That the Wisdom of the Wise Sages can never be so, They gave you the wheel so why keep re-inventing it As conditioned notions are best used for a place to sit. -- Yogajyotii

Lead me from the unreal to the real Lead me from darkness to light Lead me from death to immortality. -- Invocation from the Upanishads

It is most urgent that you Seek real, true perception, So you can be free in the world And not confused by Ordinary practitioners. It is best to have no obsessions. Just don’t be contrived. Simply be normal. You impulsively seek elsewhere, Yown hands and feet. This is already mistaken. -- Linji

Exalted in mind & heedful, the sage trained in sagacity's ways: He has no sorrows, one who is Such, calmed & ever mindful. -- Udana

Becoming yourself is easy but ending your false personality is hard. First step: stop telling lies. Second step: accept your imperfections. Third step: be aware of yourself at any time and make it a priority to remember it. Final step: follow yourself at any cost, do not compromise, take it easy all the way and have good fun. -- Tishan

Ignorance is Bliss so is always said but not believed Thus the Truth is stranger than we have conceived, And in such a grandiose delusion the Dream is Real The pot calls the kettle black that is how it does feel. -- Yogajyotii

You are fighting with yourself. You have to resolve it, not fight with it. Resolve it resolve dissolve solve. -- Swami Amar Jyoti

In the pursuit of learning, every day something is acquired. In the pursuit of Tao, every day something is dropped. -- Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching

Hasten to do good; restrain your mind from evil. He who is slow in doing good, his mind delights in evil. -- Dhammapada

Only genuine awakening Results in that. Only fools seek Sainthood for reward. Lifting a hand, The stone lantern Announces daybreak. Smiling, The void nods its enormous head. -- Nensho

So you think it is you who is doing and is learning life Through all your knowledge and experience of strife, So it is your Will that carries you to conquer the world You think it is your's to get as your dominion unfurled. -- Yogajyotii

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Also, the long awaited *Ray of Light* series of *Daily Ponderables* is finally posted and will be updated regularly. These are Light Mission's version of *Points to Ponder* or *Daily Affirmations* or *Cosmic Cookies* or whatever the going term is by any given group. These Rays of Light are e-mailed daily upon request.

Ray of Light http://www.Light-Mission.org/Ray.of.Light.html

Or Write To Ray_of_Light@Light-Mission.org