Zen Proverb

Inspiring others towards happiness brings you happiness.

What was never lost can never be found.

When an ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage attains understanding, he is an ordinary man.

When you hear that all beings are Buddha, don’t fall into the error of thinking there’s more than one Buddha.

The wild geese do not intend to cast their reflections. The water has no mind to receive their images.

When you get there, there isn’t any there there.

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.

To a brave man, good and bad luck are like his left and right hand. He uses both.

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

All beings are by nature Buddha, as ice by nature is water. Apart from water there is no ice; apart from beings, no Buddha.

When an ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage attains understanding, he is an ordinary man.

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

Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

I come to realize that mind is no other than mountains and rivers and the great wide earth, the sun and the moon and stars.

God has no religion.

Faith: not wanting to know what is true.

For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can’t readily accept the God formula, the big answers don’t remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command or faith a dictum. I am my own God. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

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

Buddhist practice is simply a system directed to the one end of lessening the suffering of life.

Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be; and a University training is the one best adapted to prevent their becoming so.

You’re just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You’ve got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It’s all down to you, mate.