Happy Vesak year 2557/2013
Celebration of Buddha’s birth, death and enlightenment
Haiku by 7 year old Ewan
“My sail boat once sank,
I know what was going on then,
I saw a glowing globe….”
Said the river to the seeker,
“Does one really have to
fret about enlightenment?
No matter which way I turn,
I’m homeward bound.”
~ Anthony De Mello
“All that a guru can tell you is:
‘My dear Sir, you are quite mistaken about yourself.
You are not the person you take yourself to be.’”
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
Too many colours blind the eye.
Too many tones deafen the ear.
Too many flavours dull the taste.
Too many thoughts derange the mind.
Too many desires weaken the heart.
The Sage observes the world
but trusts his inner vision.
He allows things to come and go.
His heart is open as the sky.
~ Lao Tzu (Tao Te Ching, c.12)
When mind-storm strikes - cut or unplug.
Avoid engaging in any story or analysis.
Instead, immediately cut the juice of attention
and unplug from the mind current.
This is the marvelousness of impersonal witnessing;
that simply by keeping one’s attention in the state of
neutrality, mind returns to its natural abode as unborn awareness.
~ Mooji
Now is the time for the world to know
That every thought and action is sacred.
This is the time
For you to compute the impossibility
That there is anything
But Grace.
Now is the season to know
That everything you do
Is sacred.
–Hafiz
Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.
~Mary Oliver
Through my love for you,
I want to express my love for the whole cosmos,
the whole of humanity,
and all beings.
By living with you,
I want to learn to love everyone and all species.
If I succeed in loving you,
I will be able to love everyone and all species on Earth…
This is the real message of love.
–Thich Nhat Hanh
Madness is looking into other people’s eyes to find out who we are…
Those Who Don’t Feel This Love
pulling them like a river
those who don’t drink dawn
like a cup of spring water
or take sunset like supper
those who don’t want to change
let them sleep…
~Rumi
Perhaps I am a Postman. No, I think I’m a Tram.
I’m feeling rather funny and I don’t know what I am.
~ A.A.Milne