Book.

"Only one book worth reading,

the heart."

(Ajahn Chah)



The Music.

"The music is not in the notes,

but in the silence between."

(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

Another Heaven and Earth.

" If you were to ask me

why I dwell among green mountains,

I should laugh silently,

My soul is serene,

The peach blossom flowers,

The morning water,

There is another heaven and earth-

beyond the world of men."

(Li Po, translated by Robert Payne)

Inherent nature.

"Natural, reckless,correct sklill,

Yesterday's clarity, today's stupidity,

The Universe has dark and light,

Entrust oneself to change,

One time, shade the eyes and gaze afar,

At the road of heaven."

(Ikkyu, 1394-1481)

Stardust.

"The NITROGEN in our DNA,

the CALCIUM in our teeth,

the IRON in our blood,

the CARBON in our apple pie,

We're made in the interiors of collapsing stars,

we are made of

Star Stuff."

(Carl Sagan)

Toast.

"May you have the kindsight to know

where you have been,

the foresight to know

where are you going,

and the insight to know

where you have gone too far."

(Irish toast)

Happiness.

"Happiness isn't the absence of

imperfections and problems,

It is the ability to look beyond

the imperfections and deal with the problems."

Knowledge is,

"If you can solve your problem,

then what is the need of worrying?

If you can not solve it,

then what is the use of worrying?"

(Shantideva)

May it be beautiful...

"May it be beautiful before me,

May it be beautiful behind me,

May it be beautiful below me,

May it be beautiful above me,

May it be beautiful all around me."

(Navaho prayer)

Hundred silent ways.

"I closed my mouth,

and spoke to you

in a hundred silent ways."

(Rumi)