The End of Suffering
May the sound of this bell penetrate deep into the cosmos Even in the darkest spots living beings are able to hear it clearly So that all suffering in them ceases, understanding comes to their heart And they transcend the path of sorrow and death. The universal dharma door is already open The sound of the rising tide is heard clearly The miracle happens A beautiful child appears in the heart of...
Read MoreSincerity
Confucius said, “Sincerity is the way of heaven; arriving at sincerity is the way of man. The sincere person does the right thing without trying, understands the truth without thinking, and acts always in keeping with the Tao.” Only those who have absolute sincerity can fulfill their own nature. Fulfilling their own nature, they can fulfill the nature of other people. Fulfilling the...
Read MoreA Field of Action
This whole world is a field of action; You plow it To raise a rich crop But the wild deer Of attachment Ruins the harvest and most return Empty -handed to the barn -Kabir as Translated by Andrew Harvey in Turn Me to Gold – 108 Poems of...
Read MoreOn a Day When the Wind is Perfect
On a day when the wind is perfect, the sail just needs to open and the world is full of beauty. Today is such a day. My eyes are like the sun that makes promises; the promise of life that it always keeps each morning. The living heart gives to us as does that luminous sphere, both caress the earth with great tenderness. There is a breeze that can enter the soul. This love I know plays a drum. ...
Read MoreVoid
Thirty spokes will converge In the HUB of a wheel But the use of the cart Will depend on the part Of the hub that is void With a wall around A clay bowl is molded But the use of the bowl Will depend on the part Of the bowl that is void. Cut out the windows and doors In the house as you build But the use of the house Will depend on the space In the walls that is void So advantage is had From...
Read MoreBeing Easy….
Easy is right. Begin right, and you are easy. Continue easy and you are right. The right way to go easy is to forget the right way and forget the going is easy. —Chuang-Tzu, The Inner Chapters, Gia Feng and Jane...
Read MoreI Got Kin
Plant So that your own heart Will grow. Love So God will think, ”Ahhhhh, I got kin in that body! I should start inviting that soul over For coffee and Rolls.” Sing Because this is a food Our starving world Needs. Laugh Because that is the...
Read MoreAre You Looking for Me?
Are you looking for me? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours. You will not find me in the stupas, not in Indian shrine rooms, nor in synagogues, nor in cathedrals: Not in masses, nor kirtans, not in legs winding around our own neck, nor in eating nothing but vegetables. When you really look for me you will see me Instantly—- You will find me in the tiniest house of...
Read MoreThink on these things….
“What you are is much more important than what you should be.“ “The problem of the individual is also the world’s problem, they are not two separate and distinct processes” “You are the repository of all humanity. You are the world, and the world is you. And, if there is a radical transformation in the structure of an individual’s psyche, it will...
Read MoreOn Vocation…..
“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy” Let the beauty you love be what you do. There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the earth.” Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” The Universe and the light of the stars come through me.” Jala ad-Din...
Read MoreDaily Reminder
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