Weekend Zen, February 8-9

In the end these things matter most:

How well did you love?

How fully did you live?

How deeply did you let go?

~ Buddha

Daily Zen - Tuesday, January 7

You yourself, as much as anybody

in the entire universe, 

deserve your love and attention.

~ Buddha

Daily Zen - Thursday, April 18

All things that are born 

must die. Work hard for your

own freedom from sorrow.

~ Buddha

Weekend Zen, December 30-31

If you are facing in the

right direction, all you have

to do is keep on walking.

~ Buddha

Daily Zen - Friday, September 8

Do good things,

not for your own sake, 

but for all the beings

in the universe.

~ Buddha

Daily Zen - Monday, August 21

The secret of happiness

lies in the mind's release

from worldly ties.

~ Buddha

Weekend Zen, June 10-11

Develop a mind that is vast 

like space, where experiences

both pleasant and unpleasant can

appear and disappear without

conflict, struggle, or harm.

Rest in a mind like vast sky.

~ Buddha

Daily Zen - Friday, June 9

Believe nothing...merely because you have

 been told it or because it is traditional, or 

because you yourself have imagined it...

But whatsoever, after due examination 

and analysis, you find to be conducive 

to the good, the benefit, the welfare of 

all beings –– that doctrine believe and

 cling to, and take it as your guide.

~ Buddha

Daily Zen - Tuesday, May 16

Praise and blame,

gain and loss, 

pleasure and sorrow

come and go like the wind.

To be happy, rest, 

like a giant tree,

in the midst of them all. 

~ Buddha

Daily Zen - Friday, February 10

Joy comes not through

possession or ownership

but through a wise

and loving heart.

~ Buddha

Daily Zen - Tuesday, February 7

What we are today comes from

our thoughts of yesterday, and 

our present thoughts build our

life of tomorrow. Our life is 

the creation of our mind.

~ Buddha

Daily Zen - Wednesday, December 7

Meditate...do not delay,

lest you regret it later.

~ Buddha

Daily Zen - Wednesday, November 23

The root 

of suffering

is attachment.

~ Buddha

Daily Zen - Tuesday, November 8

Peace comes from within.

Do not seek it without.

~ Buddha

Daily Zen - Wednesday, November 2

Just as solid rock is not shaken

by the storm, even so the wise are

not affected by praise or blame.

~ Buddha

Daily Zen - Tuesday, March 29

Each morning 

we are born again. 

What we do today is

what matters most.

~ Buddha

Daily Zen - Friday, March 18

Three things cannot be 

long hidden; the sun, 

the moon, and the truth.

~ Buddha

Daily Zen - Friday, February 4

Nirvana is this moment seen directly.

There is nowhere else than here.

The only gate is now....There's nowhere

to go. There's nothing else to be. It's not

something to aim for in the afterlife,

it's simply the quality of this moment.

~ Buddha

Daily Zen - Tuesday, November 16

Do not dwell in the past,

do not dream of the future,

concentrate the mind 

on the present moment.

~ Buddha

Daily Zen - Friday, July 2

Peace comes from within.

Do not seek it without.

~ Buddha