A FINAL drop of dew
or the first sparkling leaf—
each illustrates
this brief temporal world
in which all things pass through.
Sōjo Henjō
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I do not consent. There are no unsacred places; there are sacred places and desecrated places. — Wendell Berry To whatever degree man attempts to control nature, nature responds in kind. It cannot be mastered but it can be destroyed. In so doing, man destroys himself. — Wu Hsin In humility is the greatest freedom. — Thomas Merton #nature #taoism #zen #buddhism
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Our usual understanding of life
is dualistic, you and I, this and
that, good and bad. But actually
these discriminations are
themselves the awareness of the
universal existence. "You" means
to be aware of the universe in the
form of you, and "I" means to be
aware of it in the form of I. You
and I are just swinging doors.
This kind of understanding is
necessary. This should not even
be called understanding; it is
actually the true experience of
life through Zen practice.
Shunryu Suzuki