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The hardest paths often lead to the strongest versions of yourself. Keep walking, and you'll discover just how powerful you truly are.

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You’re never too old to learn something new. Never stop studying. 

You have to stop ruining things for yourself preemptively because you believe they’ll fail anyway. Give yourself a chance to succeed.

The basic problem is that one believes that everything is real, and thus everything is treated as such.

- Kalu Rinpoche

"Because Zen seekers are searching too eagerly, they think there must be a special principle, so they try to describe it to themselves mentally, in a subjective way. Thus they are swept by the machinations of emotive and intellectual conciousness into something that is created and will perish." - Yingan Tanhua (1103-1163)

Art: @plumvillagefrance

"When you become aware of silence, immediately there is that state of inner still alertness." - Eckhart Tolle

-二十三夜堂からのメッセージ-

“人間は泣きながら生まれてきたんだ。ながい人生だもの泣くこともあるさ。その度に生まれ変わるんだ、きっと。”

Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and just listen. No more is needed. Being still, looking, and listening activates the non-conceptual intelligence within you. Let stillness direct your words and actions.” Eckhart Tolle

“Let life live you for a while instead of trying to make yourself live life.” - Alan Watts

All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness.

-Eckhart Tolle

“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”

— Buddha

“The aesthetic principles of Zen include wabi-sabi (侘寂), the aesthetic of “imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete" beauty, yugen (幽玄): profound grace and deep awareness of the Universe; datsuzoku (脱俗): free and unbounded by convention and seijaku (静寂): tranquility, stillness…”

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Ecological Consciousness

art by Tsuchiya-Koitsu

"Being rude is easy. It does not take any effort and is a sign of weakness and insecurity. Kindness shows great self-discipline and strong self-esteem. Being kind is not always easy when dealing with rude people. Kindness is a sign of a person who has done a lot of personal work and has come to a great self-understanding and wisdom. Choose to be kind over being right, and you’ll be right every time because kindness is a sign of strength." U.N. Owen.

"The fruit of meditation is not the absence of thoughts, but the fact that thoughts cease to harm us.

Once enemies, they become friends."

- Bokar Rinpoche

The only Zen you'll find on the mountaintop

is the Zen you brought up with you

Nonetheless, there is value in the journey

"When we take refuge it means we understand that we can only find a remedy for our suffering in the enlightened aspect of ourselves, in our own inner primordial awareness"

Dr Nida Chenagtsang

You are going to laugh until your stomach hurts again. You're going to be in awe of a sunset. Watch your favorite show while you eat your favorite food. Find money on the street. Discover a great band you haven't heard of before. You will find your way back.

Today, I found myself heading to a Buddhist temple for an addiction recovery meeting and meditation session. Initially, I was overwhelmed with anxiety, my mind racing with all the ways things could go wrong. Why? Because the mind, though a powerful tool, is just that—a tool. It should be used only when needed; otherwise, it will create problems simply to justify its own activity, becoming an addiction in itself. As I made my way there, I became aware of the vibrations of the music resonating in my ears, the wind brushing against my face, the comfort of my seat—each moment was rich with joy. Yet, we so rarely tap into the immediate joy available to us in the present.

-Griff