“Gratitude is the memory of the heart.”
Season
“Ten thousand flowers in spring
the moon in autumn,
a cool breeze in summer,
snow in winter.
If your mind isn’t clouded by unnecessary things,
this is the best season of your life.”
By Wumen Huikai.
Balance
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
By Albert Einstein.
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
By Dalai Lama XIV.
Practicing with a goal in mind is like trying to catch a feather with a fan. The more you go after it, the more it eludes you. But if you sneak up on it slowly, you can grab it. The aim of the practice is to develop patience and forbearance, to train your mind to become calm and stable. Any attachment or seeking will prevent your mind from settling down. Place your mind directly on the method itself; concern yourself with nothing else.
By Sheng Yen.
Be soft in your practice. Think of the method as a fine silvery stream, not a raging waterfall. Follow the stream, have faith in its course. It will go its own way, meandering here, trickling there. It will find the grooves, the cracks, the crevices. Just follow it. Never let it out of your sight. It will take you.
By Sheng Yen.
As you breathe in, cherish yourself. As you breathe out, cherish all Beings.
By Dalai Lama XIV.
No matter how long your journey appears to be, there is never more than this: one step, one breath, one moment - Now.
By Eckhart Tolle.
Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.
By Thich Nhat Hanh.
Sitting peacefully doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows all by itself.
Zen saying.