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'The glasses of diverse hue cause the Light to assume colour for us. When the many-coloured glasses are no longer, then the colourless Light amazes you. Make it your habit to behold the Light without... More »
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Life is much too serious to take seriously. So i was pleased to find the link to a strange website in my inbox this morning. Maybe we should get the Buddha figure for the altar... More »
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Life is a gift. How will you use it? How will you fully appreciate it? This is the thing. Gratitude is just a wonderful thing and it's available to all of us. So, what... More »
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Deng Ming-Dao says, ------------------------------ The sage whose words are ambiguous you call great. Those who advocate discipline you shun. With one, you treat words the way you want. With the other, you resent having no... More »
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The soul does not love. It is love itself. It does not exist. It is existence itself. It does not know. It is knowledge itself. There never was a time when you or i did... More »
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"A clay Buddha cannot cross water. A bronze Buddha cannot get through a furnace. A wooden Buddha cannot get through fire." - Master Joshu "One kind of Buddha will not serve your purpose completely,... More »
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What is enlightenment? What is delusion? Students of Dogen and other great masters may understand this; some will, some will not. Yet Dogen was pretty clear on the subject. Our living practice can be... More »
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