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my hut is made of snow
perhaps unusual for Florida
the bugs go in and out -- they like
the water crystals of water

there was a playground that I made
with some fallen branches for
my poor dear kitty -- gone
I'm fine with treasuring that

The universal body of reality
Is so subtle that
You do not hear it
When you deliberately
Listen for it,
And you do not see it
When you look at it.
As for the pure knowledge
That has no teacher,
How can it be attained by
Thought or study?

- Huanglong

The dharma master lives
Here at Mt. Chiao,
And yet, in fact,
Has never lived here at all.
I’ve come here to
Ask about the dharma,
But the dharma master
Sees through me and
Says nothing.
It isn’t that the
Dharma master lacks the words,
But that I do not
Understand the nature
Of his reply.

- Su Shih (1073)

The clouds emerge
From the Mountain of Chung
And then return
To the Mountain of Chung.
I would like to ask
The dweller in this mountain,
“Where are the clouds now?”
Clouds emerge from No-mind
And then return to No-mind.
No-mind is nowhere to be found.
We need not seek the home of No-mind.

- Wang An-shih (1068–1076)

"As I get older, I get smaller.
I see other parts of the world I didn't see before.
Other points of view. I see outside of myself more."

- Neil Young

Madness, the way they
Gallop off to foreign shores!
Turning to the One Mind,
I find my Buddhahood,
Above self and others,
Beyond coming and going.
This will remain
When all else is gone.

- Tanzan (1819 –1892)

@rookie54
You almost make me want to dust off my zafu. 🙂

I have a medicine
Called elixir of mind;
For years it’s been refined
In the oven of afflictions
Till I recognized its
Unchanging color in the matrix
Shining with radiance,
Illuminating the universe.

- Tung-shan (807-869)

Luminous is this mind,
Brightly shining,
But it is colored by the
Attachments that visit it.
This unlearned people
Do not really understand,
And so do not cultivate the mind.

Luminous is this mind,
Brightly shining,
And it is free of the
Attachments that visit it.
This the noble follower
Of the way really understands;
So for them there is
Cultivation of the mind.

- Buddha from the Anguttara Nikaya

Don’t do anything
Whatsoever with the mind—
Abide in an authentic,
Natural state.
One’s own mind,
Unwavering, is reality.
The key is to meditate
Like this without wavering.
Experience the great reality
Beyond extremes.

- The Nun Niguna

Mind, mind, mind—
Above the Path.
Here on my mountain,
Gray hair down,
I cherish bamboo sprouts,
Brush carefully
By pine twigs.
Burning incense,
I open a book:
Mist over flagstones.
Rolling the blind,
I contemplate:
Moon in the pond.
Of my old friends,
How many know the Way?

- Zengetsu
(833–912)

yer aversion to some people may actually be yer response to fear that specific qualities you see in them also exist within yerself

meditation

It is important to understand
that buddha nature is not
something we imagine or
create from nothing.
It is something that exists
already, and the gradual method
the Buddha taught is designed
to awaken the ever-present
buddha nature by instructing
individuals at different
levels of development
exactly how to do this.

- The Twelfth Tai Situpa

Deep white clouds
Blanket the ragged roof
Grateful for this
Old Zen friend’s visit
I send him off at the gate
Both of us silent
Standing under the
Shade of the tall pine
Lingering.

- Jakus*hitsu (1290–1367)