middle way

Posted in Stones on the Path on January 22nd, 2005 by DhammaSeeker

“I don’t seek enlightenment, nor am I deluded, I don’t worship Buddha, nor am I disrespectful. I don’t sit for long periods, not am I lazy. I don’t eat only once a day, nor am I a glutton. I am not contented, nor am I greedy. When the minds does not seek anything, this is called the Way.”
~Jayata

pure nature

Posted in Stones on the Path on January 21st, 2005 by DhammaSeeker

“From the outset your own nature is pure.”
~The P’s-sa-chieh

a tea bowl!

Posted in Stones on the Path on January 20th, 2005 by DhammaSeeker

“No matter how much
I contemplate this tea bowl
It is still — a tea bowl!
Thus I arrive in San Francisco.”
~Soen Nakagawa

cosmic contemplation

Posted in Stones on the Path on January 19th, 2005 by DhammaSeeker

“Man is the matter of the cosmos, contemplating itself.”
~Carl Sagan

we possess nothing

Posted in Stones on the Path on January 18th, 2005 by DhammaSeeker

“Our poetry now is the realization that we possess nothing. Anything therefore is a delight, since we do not possess it, and thus need not fear its loss.”
~John Cage