From the depths of silence the geyser of God’s bliss shoots up
unfailingly and flows over man’s being.
–Paramahansa Yogananda, “Sayings of Paramahansa Yogananda”
We should always live in the dark empty sky. The sky is always
the sky. Even though clouds and lightning come, the sky is not
disturbed. Even if the flashing of enlightenment comes, our
practice forgets all about it. Then it is ready for another
enlightenment.
-Shunryu Suzuki, “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind”
An object has a reflection: When looking we see two images,
yet there is only one thing. Likewise, this world is a
reflection of the Supreme Lord. We may see two, yet only
One exists…
-Jnaneshwar
From “Teachings of the Hindu Mystics,”
As the man and the woman in me
Unite in love,
The brilliant beauty
Balanced on the two-petalled lotus
Within me
Dazzles my eyes.
The rays
Outshine the moon
And the jewels
Glowing on the hoods of snakes.
My skin and bone
Are tuned to gold.
I am the reservoir of love
Alive as the waves.
A single drop of water
Has grown into a sea,
Unnavigable.
-Lalan
From “Teachings of the Hindu Mystics,”
All sorrow comes from fear.
From nothing else.
When you know this,
You become free of it,
And desire melts away.
You become happy
And still.
-Ashtavakra Gita 11:5
“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist
in nature…life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”
-Helen Keller "
“What difference does it make to the dead,
the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad
destruction is brought under the name of
totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and
democracy?”
Gandhi
All sorrow comes from fear.
From nothing else.
When you know this,
You become free of it,
And desire melts away.
You become happy
And still.
-Ashtavakra Gita 11:5
So does all anger.
“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature…life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”
-Helen Keller "
wow…surprising. was keller buddhist?
“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature…life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”
-Helen Keller
Helen’s courage! I will take a thimble full please…
This reminds me of Ghandi quote that is tangential to this:
"There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever”
Peace,
Frank In San Diego
It’s good, but Alfred E. Neuman expressed it so much more succinctly.
“What, Me Worry?”
Hari OM
No Doubt A.E.N was Siddha material!
Frank In San Diego