DAY 548

impermanence

"This existence of ours is as transient as autumn clouds.
To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of a dance.
A lifetime is like a flash of lightning in the sky.
Rushing by, like a torrent down a steep mountain."

Buddha


Amidst current hot days I can glimpse that this too will pass.

This constant movement of seasons, days, stars or planets never ceases to amaze me but also makes me experience contradictory feelings, thrill and unease go hand in hand.

Maybe because this reveals the ultimate truth about our time here: it´s captivating yet transitory... and fleeting.

Have a nice weekend dear friends

Much Love

Z.

DAY 217

buddhahood

"Love yourself and be awake,
Today, tomorrow, always.

First establish yourself in the way,
Then teach others,
And so defeat sorrow.

To straighten the crooked
You must first do a harder thing
Straighten yourself.

You are your only master.
Who else?
Subdue yourself,
And discover your master."

DAY 192

buddhahood

"Delight in meditation and solitude. Compose yourself, be happy. You are a seeker"

DAY 182

buddhahood

"As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its color or fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth"

DAY 166

buddhahood


"Better than a meaningless story of a thousand words is a single word of deep meaning which, when heard, produces peace"

DAY 152

buddhahood


"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, not to anticipate the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly"

DAY 127

buddhahood

"With a free mind, in no debt,
enjoy what has been given to you.
Get rid of the tendency to judge yourself
above, below, or equal to others"

DAY 111

buddhahood

"Rely on nothing
until you want nothing"

DAY 93

buddhahood

" All things appear and disappear
because of causes and condition.
Nothing ever exists entirely alone;
everything is in relation to everything else"

DAY 77

buddhahood

"Health, contentment and trust
are your greatest possessions,
and freedom your greatest joy"

DAY 55

buddhahood

"Do not pursue the past.
Do not lose yourself in the future.
The past no longer is.
The future has not yet come.
Looking deeply at life as it is
in the very here and now,
the practitioner dwells
in stability and freedom.
We must be diligent today.
To wait until tomorrow is too late.
Death comes unexpectedly.
How can we bargain with it?"

DAY 32

buddhahood

"The greatest gain is to give to others;
The greatest loss is to receive without gratitude"

DAY 16

buddhahood


"In this world
Hate never yet dispelled hate.
Only love dispels hate.
This is the law,
ancient and inexhaustible.

You too shall pass away.
Knowing this, how can you quarrel?"