The question clear
The answer deep,
Each particle,
Each instant a reality,
A bird call shrills
Through mountain dawn:
Look where the old master sits,
A rock, in Zen.
I
Have
Learned
So much from God
That I can no longer
Call
Myself
A Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim,
A Buddhist, a Jew.
The Truth has shared so much of Itself
With me
That I can no longer call myself
A man, a woman, an angel
Or even
A pure
Soul.
Love has
Befriended Hafiz so completely
It has turned to ash
And freed
Me
Of every concept and image
My mind has ever known.
a lesson for rookie
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If you remain silent and don't speak
What will your descendants say?
If you hide in a forest or a bamboo grove,
How will your wisdom shine through?
A withered tree is not protected,
Wind and frost cause disease.
If you plow a gravel field with an ox,
How will you ever harvest rice?
What's the need to bow and pray,
To beg for long life?
Clearly the original spirit
Is thoroughly pure.
Shatter space
To become completely free,
And wishing jewels and relics
Are all empty names.
Always remember you are braver than you believe,
stronger than you seem,
smarter than you think
and twice as beautiful as you'd ever imagined.
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world.
Today I am wise, so I am changing myself
@rookie54said Always remember you are braver than you believe,
stronger than you seem,
smarter than you think
and twice as beautiful as you'd ever imagined.
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world.
Today I am wise, so I am changing myself
Rumi
"You are not just a drop in the ocean. You are the mighty ocean within the drop" - Rumi.
Why in the world would anybody put chains on me
I've paid my dues to make it
Everybody wants me to be
What they want me to be
I'm not happy when I try to fake it!
No!
Heart's mirror clearly reflects
Beyond fetters.
The void stripped clean,
Innumerable worlds.
All things in their mystery,
Shadowed and seen there.
The single gleaming jewel:
Not within, not without.
@divegeestersaid Why in the world would anybody put chains on me
I've paid my dues to make it
Everybody wants me to be
What they want me to be
I'm not happy when I try to fake it!
No!
Lionel Richie
Gosh; I guess copy pasting something which is actually real life meaningful by pop star Lionel Richie isn’t as cool as copy pasting ancient Buddhist sages from the Internet.