dry pearls
Posted in Stones on the Path on December 8th, 2005 by DhammaSeekerBring me a pearl from the bottom of the sea without getting wet.
~ Zen koan
an arbitrary system of grunts and squeals
Posted in Stones on the Path on December 6th, 2005 by DhammaSeekerMan knows that there are in the soul tints more bewildering, more numberless, and more nameless than the colours of an autumn forest… Yet he seriously believes that these things can every one of them, in all their tones and semitones, in all their blends and unions, be accurately represented by an arbitrary system of grunts and squeals. He believes that an ordinary civilized stockbroker can really produce out of this own inside noises which denote all the mysteries of memory and all the agonies of desire.
~ G.K. Chesterton
face it
Posted in Stones on the Path on December 5th, 2005 by DhammaSeekerThe important point of spiritual practice is not to try to escape your life, but to face it — exactly and completely.
~ Dainin Katagiri Roshi
the best name for God
Posted in Stones on the Path on December 5th, 2005 by DhammaSeekerYou may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion.
~ Meister Eckhart