truth…
Posted in Thich Nhat Hanh, truth on September 27, 2007 | No Comments »
“…the only thing that keeps you from finding truth is your conviction that you have already found it.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
Archive for September, 2007
When the rich wage war
Posted in Sartre, peace, war on September 26, 2007 | No Comments »
When the rich wage war
it is the poor who die.
Jean-Paul Sartre
the wide sea
Posted in Shiki, haiku on September 25, 2007 | No Comments »
Into fog, through the fog
We rowed. Then:
The wide sea - so blue, so bright!
Masaoka Shiki
listening
Posted in Jean Vanier on September 22, 2007 | No Comments »
“Listening is a difficult and sometimes tedious art. It is so much easier to tell people what to do. But to capture their desires, with an open and free heart, requires a real conversion, a “metanoia”, a change of attitude. To listen to someone means to become open and vulnerable to him/her and to allow [...]
emptiness
Posted in Zen, emptiness on September 21, 2007 | No Comments »
A professor, who was looking for wisdom, went to see a wise man named Nan-in.
During their meeting, Nan-in was pouring tea and continued to pour and pour
even though the professor’s cup was overflowing.
The professor cried. “Enough! No more will go in!”
Nan-in replied “Like this cup you are full of your own opinions and ideas.
How [...]
a child……
Posted in Dogen, favorite things, motherhood on September 20, 2007 | No Comments »
You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born,
but also that you become a child.
Dogen
“And if I am only for myself…”
Posted in Hillel, favorite things on September 19, 2007 | No Comments »
“If I am not for myself, then who will be for me?
And if I am only for myself, then what am I?
And if not now, when?”
Rabbi Hillel
my task…
Posted in culture of peace, favorite things, peace on September 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In adolescence I aimed to change the world — to right the wrongs of humanity on a global scale. I envisioned an end to war, oppression, injustice, and strife.
Soon I realized that I would have to change my own community first. Only after succeeding here, could I hope to impact upon the world. So I [...]
