Posts Tagged ‘buddhism’
There Is No Self Apart From The Whole
A myriad bubbles were floating on the surface of a stream. ‘What are you?’ I cried to them as they drifted by. ‘I am a bubble, of course’ nearly a myriad bubbles answered, and there was surprise and indignation in their voices as they passed. But, here and there, a lonely bubble answered, ‘We are this stream’, and there was neither surprise nor indignation in their voices, but just a quiet certitude.
- Ask the Awakened by Wei Wu Wei
A Memorable Quote:
Renunciation is not getting rid of the things of this world, but accepting that they pass away.
-Aitken Roshi
Quote of the Day- Aristotle"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet." […]
- Aristotle
