The Way Things Turn

You are the light, You are the refuge, There is no place to take shelter but yourself. ~ Inscription Over the Buddha's Ashes

I have always known that at last I would take this road, but yesterday I did not know that it would be today. ~ Ariwara No Narihira 

Walking is Zen. Sitting too. ~ Zen Saying 

New beginnings are  often disguised as painful endings. ~ Lao Tzu

Whether we are happy or whether we suffer depends largely on our perceptions. It is important to look deeply into our perceptions and recogn...

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 

We try so hard to hang on to the teachings and "get it," but...it doesn't seem to happen by trying to get it or capture it. It...

Don't just do something. Sit there! ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

For minds obsessed by compulsive thinking and grasping, you simplify your meditation practice to just two words –– "let go." ~ Aja...

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of  our joy and dividing of our grief. ~ Cicero

The moment you know how your suffering came to be, you are already on the path of release from it. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you  where there were only walls. ~ Joseph Campbell

When we see into the emptiness  or illusory nature of things,  of life and death, of sickness and health,  of youth and old age, then we...

Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being...

With all our heart let us be diligent, engaging in the practice. Let us live deeply, free from afflictions, aware of impermanence so that li...

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. ~ Aesop

New growth happens in directions we never could have imagined. ~ Albert Camus

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

And for the rest, let life happen to you. Believe me: life is always in the right. ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. ~ African Proverb