Buddhist Quotes
15 years 6 months ago #15861
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Got two good ones, back-to-back here:
\"Morning, sickle in hand,
Noon, roaming the forest, gathering wood,
Now the evening moon, quietly shedding light on the path I walk.\"
(Commentary on the Nansen 'sickle' koan)
\"One must ask children and birds how strawberries and cherries taste.\"
-Goethe
-Chance
\"Morning, sickle in hand,
Noon, roaming the forest, gathering wood,
Now the evening moon, quietly shedding light on the path I walk.\"
(Commentary on the Nansen 'sickle' koan)
\"One must ask children and birds how strawberries and cherries taste.\"
-Goethe
-Chance
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15 years 5 months ago #16101
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Today's calendar page. I REALLY like this one:
\"People imagine enlightenment will make them incredibly powerful. And it does. It makes you the most powerful being in all the universe - but usually no one else notices.\"
-Brad Warner
\"People imagine enlightenment will make them incredibly powerful. And it does. It makes you the most powerful being in all the universe - but usually no one else notices.\"
-Brad Warner
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15 years 5 months ago #16242
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\"One day, Yang-uan called to his assistant: 'Bring me the rhinoceros fan.'
'It is broken,' said the assistant.
'In that case,' said Yang-uan, 'bring me the rhinoceros.'\"
-Zen Koan
\"The wise boldly pick up a truth as soon as they hear it. Don't wait for a moment, or you'll lose your head.\"
-Hsueh-dou
'It is broken,' said the assistant.
'In that case,' said Yang-uan, 'bring me the rhinoceros.'\"
-Zen Koan
\"The wise boldly pick up a truth as soon as they hear it. Don't wait for a moment, or you'll lose your head.\"
-Hsueh-dou
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15 years 5 months ago #16293
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\"In this world the wise one holds on to confidence and wisdom. Those are the greatest treasures; all other riches are pushed aside.\"
-Buddha
-Buddha
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15 years 5 months ago #16746
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\"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world.\"
-Buddha
-Buddha
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15 years 4 months ago #17495
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\"Do you want to see the gold-faced Buddha? Through countless ages, he is always on the way.\"
-Zen saying
-Zen saying
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