Buddha

A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion,

does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.

Carlos Santana

Only as a warrior can one survive the path of knowledge,

because the art of a warrior is to balance the

terror of being a man with the wonder of being a man.

Buddha

Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.

"Because it was there ..."

Sir Edmund Hillary, the lanky New Zealand mountaineer and explorer who with Tenzing Norgay, his Sherpa guide, won worldwide acclaim in 1953 by becoming the first to scale the 29,035-foot summit of Mount Everest, the world’s tallest peak, has died, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced Friday in Wellington. He was 88.

Sir Edmund wrote or co-authored 13 books, including “No Latitude for Error,” (1961, Hodder & Stoughton), about the Antarctic experience. Besides writing and lecturing, he formed a foundation, the Sir Edmund Hillary Himalayan Trust, that raised millions and built more than 30 schools, a dozen clinics, two hospitals, a couple of airfields, and numerous foot bridges, water pipelines and other facilities for the Sherpa villages in Nepal. In 2003, Nepal conferred honorary citizenship upon Sir Edmund, the first foreign national to receive that distinction. For many years, Sir Edmund also was president of New Zealand’s Peace Corps, and an important voice in his country’s conservation efforts. He never ran for public office, but was a frequent critic of New Zealand’s Government, calling for antipollution and other measures to improve the quality of life.

Pema Chödrön

We work on ourselves in order to help others,

but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.

Buddha

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future,

concentrate the mind on the present moment.

J. Krishnamurti

Sensitivity is not a cultural effect, the result of influence;

it is a state of being vulnerable, open.

Martin Luther

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces,

I would still plant my apple tree.

Buddha

Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace.

Arthur Ashe

From what we get, we can make a living;

What we give, however, makes a life.

Tokusan

There is nothing in the self, so do not seek falsely;

what is attained by false seeking is not real attainment.

You just have nothing in your mind, and no mind in things;

then you will be empty and spiritual, tranquil and sublime.

Any talk of beginning or end would all be self-deception.

The slightest entanglement of thought is the foundation of the three mires;

a momentarily aroused feeling is a hindrance for ten thousand eons.

Buddha

Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines,

but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.

This symbol, in monogram form, contains the seed syllables of the Kalachakra Heruka. It presents the essence of the teaching of the Kalachakra Tantra concerning the energy which transcends the relative concepts of time and space. These "Ten Syllables of Power" represent the 84,000 teachings of enlightenment.

Keijo Shurin

The road enters green mountains

near evening's dark;

Beneath the white cherry trees,

a Buddhist temple

Whose priest doesn't know what regret

for spring's passing means

Each stroke of his bell startles more

blossoms into falling.