Just as shadows on the ground are cast because clouds float between the earth and the sun, so too are the events of outside of ourselves cast into our minds. A reaction in our minds is like a shadow cast by an external event.
Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao
When the roar of the city is all there is, how can the song of the divine be heard?
Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao
Nonduality
Don’t contemplate
Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao
As mere activity.
Be void contemplating void.
Ownership is something that exists only by definition.
Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao
Everyone knows decline,
Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao
But few discern its border.
When thoughts arise, then do all things arise. When thoughts vanish, then do all things vanish.
Huangbo Xiyun
Round or square, big or small don’t belong to reality, but are simply ideas.
Shunryu Suzuki
When you see a plum blossom, or hear the sound of a small stone hitting bamboo, that is a letter from the world of emptiness.
Shunryu Suzuki
The doer alone learns.
Bruce Lee, Striking Thoughts
Mandala Vihara 