Rose.

Without Form.

                                                   Zenkei Shibayama 1894-1974.

Between.

 

Khalil Gibran

1883-1931.

Shadow.

                                                                        
                                                           Ibn Taymiyyah 1263-1328

Simple Mindfulness Meditation.

                              
                                                                                     

Silence.

 

 

 

 

 

Sometimes there would be a rush of noisy visitors,

and the silence of the monastery would be shattered.

This would upset the students: not the master,

who seemed just as content

with the noise as with the silence.

To his protesting disciples he said one day,

"Silence is not the absence of sound,

but the absence of self".

 

Anthony De Mello

One minute Wisdom.

 

 

YOU.

Count yourself in.

Snowflake.

 

A monk was sending Layman Ping out of the temple.

At that time it was snowing.

Layman Ping looking at the falling snow said,

"Wonderful snowflakes,

they didn't fall anywhere

but here".

 

Layman Ping Yun 740-808

Zen Buddhist order of Hsu Yun.

 

 

Myself.

                
                              Every where I go, I meet myself.  
                                           (Tozan)

Sleep.

 

 

Myself.

                                                      Every where I go, I meet myself.

                                                                     Tozan.

Star Stuff.

 

 

Pain.

 

Pain is nothing to fear.

It is something to understand.

 

Byron katie.

 

Stress.

 

Stress is an alarm clock

that lets you know

you've attached to something not true for you.

 

Byron katie.

 

 

 

Realize.

 

There are no one who doesn't live in Love,

There are few who realize it.

 

Byron katie.

Understanding.

 

I don't let go of concepts,

I meet them with understanding,

Then they let go of me.

 

Byron Katie.

Teachers.

 

Teachersw we need most are people we're living with right now.

 

Byron Katie.

 

Lettuce.

 

Thich Nhat Han

Peace is Every Step.

 

 

Bent.

 

Tao Te Ching chapter 40

translation by Gia Gu Feng and Jane English.

 

 

Space Within.

                                                                 
                                                                 Tao Te Ching chapter 40.
                                                  translation by Gia Gu Feng and Jane English.

The Cup.

                                                                   

Fitri.

                                                   It's no good  giving my heart and soul

you already have these.

So, I've brought you a mirror.

Look at yourself and remember me.

 

(Rumi)

Volume.

 

 

Returning.

                                                       

The Mirror.

The Flag.

 

From The gateless Gate.

my Mu-mon,

trascribed by Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps.

 

 

Time.

                                                      Time does not change us,
                                                                          It just unfold us.

                                                          (Max Frisch 1911-1991)

                                                   

Best Season.

 

Wu Men Hui K'ai

1183-1260

The Gateless Gate.

 

 

Water jar.

            
                                                           When I ladle up spring water,
                                                                 the moon enters my water jar.

                                                     (Moon by the window, the calligraphy
                                                        and Zen insights of Shodo Harada)

Impermanence.

 

It is not impermanence that makes us suffer.

What makes us suffer is wanting

things to be permanent,

when they are not.

 

Thich Nhat Hanh.

 

Clouds.

 

Clouds gone, the mountain appears.

Zen proverb.

Love .

 

 

The Grasp of Your Hand.

 

The grasp of Your hand,

by Rabindranath Tagore

 

The River.

 

I cannot keep your waves

says the bank to the river.

Let me keep your footprints in my heart.

 

Rabindranath Tagore

Stray Birds CCII

 

 

The moon.

 

"In the moon thou sendest

thy love letters to me"

said the night to the moon.

"I leave my answers

in tears upon the grass"

 

Rabindranath Tagore

Stray Birds CXXIV