Zen practice is about not getting high on anything and in so doing getting high on absolutely everything. We then find that everything we encounter - bliss or nonbliss - possesses a tremendous depth and beauty that we usually miss.
There are many diamonds in the world and if you lose your favorite, you can work hard, earn a lot of money and get another one to replace it. But the… - Brad Warner
There are many diamonds in the world and if you lose your favorite, you can work hard, earn a lot of money and get another one to replace it. But the…
- Brad Warner
Compassion is the ability to see what needs doing right now and the willingness to do it right now. - Brad Warner
Compassion is the ability to see what needs doing right now and the willingness to do it right now.
Just know that your expectations are only thoughts in your head, and keep on doing what you do. - Brad Warner
Just know that your expectations are only thoughts in your head, and keep on doing what you do.
It may look like we're doing nothing when we sit zazen. But actually we are exposing ourselves to ourselves. - Brad Warner
It may look like we're doing nothing when we sit zazen. But actually we are exposing ourselves to ourselves.
The truth comes when you can see that your self-image is just a convenient reference point and nothing more, and that you as you had imagined yoursel… - Brad Warner
The truth comes when you can see that your self-image is just a convenient reference point and nothing more, and that you as you had imagined yoursel…
If you want to believe in reincarnation, you have to believe that this life, what you're living through right now, is the afterlife. You're missing o… - Brad Warner
If you want to believe in reincarnation, you have to believe that this life, what you're living through right now, is the afterlife. You're missing o…
You won’t understand life and death until you’re ready to set aside any hope of understanding life and death and just live your life until you die. - Brad Warner
You won’t understand life and death until you’re ready to set aside any hope of understanding life and death and just live your life until you die.
Do what you do as well as you possibly can. That's Buddhist morality. - Brad Warner
Do what you do as well as you possibly can. That's Buddhist morality.
Reality's all you've got. But here's the real secret, the real miracle: it's enough. - Brad Warner
Reality's all you've got. But here's the real secret, the real miracle: it's enough.
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