Sublime

the prayer that your dharma practice will never be derailed,

was Angulimala, but he felt no fear. He continued to take slow steps, aware of everything taking place within and outside of himself.

The Zen movement developed hand in hand with the arts it was inspiring. And it was Takeno Joo who, having received instruction in the ways of tea from Shuko and Jotei (the reputed son of Ikkyu), then transmitted his teachings to Sen no Rikyu.

This was a lesson Subhuti learned well. In the Maha Prajnaparamita Sutra, the god Shakra appears and scatters flowers before Subhuti. When Subhuti asks why he is doing this, Shakra says he is making offerings to thank Subhuti for teaching him about prajna. Subhuti replies, “But I have not said one word. How can you say I teach prajna?” To this, Sha

Since the Dao of managing the body is similar to the Dao of managing a country, Lao Zi was able to incorporate his understanding into his writing that offered moral guidance to historical Chinese rulers.

The Buddha said, “Subhuti, if someone should claim, ‘the Tathagata teaches a dharma,’ such a claim would be untrue. Such a view of me, Subhuti, would be a misconception. And how so? In the teaching of a dharma, Subhuti, in the ‘teaching of a dharma’ there is no such dharma to be found as the ‘teaching of a dharma.’”

the entire Dao De Jing book is about two essential concepts: the Dao (mind) and the De (behavior).

“Handle even a single leaf of a green in such a way that it manifests the body of the Buddha,” says Dogen. “This in turn allows the Buddha to manifest through the leaf.”