Zen Proverb

Before enlightnment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightnment, chop wood, carry water.

Inspiring others towards happiness brings you happiness.

To be calm is the highest achievement of the self.

Let go over a cliff, die completely, and then come back to life – after that you cannot be deceived.

The ordinary mind is the way.

Learning Zen is a phenomenon of gold & dung. Before you learn it, it’s like gold; after you learn it, it’s like dung.

Not only higher forms of life but also many of the smallest insects are social beings who, without any religion, law or education, survive by mutual cooperation based on an innate recognition of their interconnectedness.

A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.

What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth.

I have a bit of supernatural take on life. For a moment, I went over to the other side. Since then, I can feel the presence of the departed. I’m very sensitive to it.

The Buddhist notion of diligence is to delight in positive deeds.

The valley stream’s rushing sound is the eloquent tongue of Buddha. The mountain’s vibrant colours are nothing but the Buddha’s form.

To be like Christ is to be a Christian.

A miracle is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. Frauds deceive. An event which creates faith does not deceive: therefore it is not a fraud, but a miracle.

Do not learn how to react learn how to respond.

Faith is one of the most effective tools in the human equipment. I believe that faith works.

Inner surrender leads to the highest truth.

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand on the battlefield.

I love learning about different religions, and discovering the different ways to worship, and to love the greatness and the higher being that surrounds us all. I definitely believe in a bigger presence, and I really respect all religions; at their core they all teach the same message – community and kindness and looking out for each other.

Nothing ever exists entirely alone. Everything is in relation to everything else.