Sublime

To realize one’s true nature as no-self—a Buddha—is the fruit of zazen and the path of practice.

—Charlotte Joko Beck, Nothing Special: Living Zen

One old koan tells the story of a student who asks his teacher for permission to leave the monastery. “Where do you want to go?” the teacher asks. “Around on pilgrimage,” replies the student. The teacher presses him, “What is the purpose of a pilgrimage?” After all, doesn’t practice teach us that everything we’re looking for is already right here?

The Dalai Lama’s bodhisattva vow is “Every day, think as you wake up: ‘Today I am fortunate to have woken up. I am alive. I have a precious human life. I am not going to waste it. I’m going to use my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others, to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts

Ajahn Chah said,

Han-shan.

Bo Lozoff, co-founder of the Human Kindness Foundation.

This is mindfulness in action, holding a core of stillness within, in a moving, noisy world.

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