In the gap between thoughts_x000D_ nonconceptual wisdom shines continuously.
Interpretation
The clarity of wisdom exists beyond our everyday thoughts and concepts.
This quote emphasizes that true wisdom is not confined to our structured thoughts and beliefs; instead, it emerges in the silent spaces of our mind where we experience pure awareness. It suggests that by stepping back from incessant thinking, we can tap into a profound understanding and insight that is always present but often overlooked.
In practice
In a meditation session discussing the nature of thought.
Life is short and the time of death is uncertain; so apply yourself to meditation. Avoid doing evil, and acquire merit, to the best of your ability, even at the cost of life itself. In short: Act so that you have no cause to be ashamed of yourselves and hold fast to this rule.
All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death. Knowing this, one should, from the very first, renounce acquisitions and storing-up, and building, and meeting; and, faithful to the commands of an eminent Guru, set about realizing the Truth. That alone is the best of religious observances.
He who knows that all things are his mind, That all with which he meets are friendly, Is ever joyful.
When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick
I have no desire for wealth or possessions, and so I have nothing. I do not experience the initial suffering of having to accumulate possessions, the intermediate suffering of having to guard and keep up possessions, nor the final suffering of loosing the possessions.
When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick: every time a stick is thrown, you run after it. Instead, be like a lion who, rather than chasing after the stick, turns to face the thrower. One only throws a stick at a lion once.
Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
Do your work, but do your thing.
Set your sights beyond what you can see. There is true majesty in the concept of an unseen power which can neither be measured nor weighed.
What she said was always strange. It had happened long ago. It seemed insignificant. And yet it was something you remembered forever. The words as well as the story. The voice as much as the words.
It's better to be kind than to be right.
...our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding.
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