Why Does Suffering Exist?

Tags

, , , , , , , , , ,

“A student, filled with emotion and crying, implored, “Why is there so much suffering?”

Suzuki Roshi replied, “No reason.”

~ Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Is Right Here: Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki, Author of “ZEN Mind, Beginner’s Mind”

Peaceful lakeview1024

(Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Choose Less Turbulent Skies

Tags

, , , , , , , ,

“Always seek less turbulent skies.

Hurt. Fly above it.

Betrayal. Fly above it.

Anger. Fly above it.

You are the one who is flying the plane.”

~ Marianne Williamson

English: Aerial photo of an area in Patagonia,...

(Photo credit: Wikipedia)

A Simple Walk

Tags

, , , , , ,

“Take my hand. We will walk.

We will only walk.

We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.”

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

English: Larus argentatus walking the beach at...

(Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Peace in a Cup

Tags

, , , , , , , , ,

“Drink your tea slowly and reverently,

as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves –

slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.”

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

English: Chinese tea ceremony in hanfu

(Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Things We Shouldn’t Do …

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , ,

“Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly,

but the bumble bee doesn’t know it

so it goes on flying anyway.”

~ Mary Kay Ash

Bee

Bee © Eva Tenter

Which Universe Do You Choose?

Tags

, , , , , , , , ,

“The most important decision we make is whether

we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe.”

~ Albert Einstein

A pair of Hopper balloons.

(Photo credit: Wikipedia)

And They Flew

Tags

, , , , , , , , ,

“Come to the edge.’

‘We can’t. We’re afraid.’

‘Come to the edge.’

‘We can’t. We will fall!’

‘Come to the edge.’

And they came.

And he pushed them.

And they flew.”

~ Guillaume Apollinaire

English: Flying bird at sunrise.

(Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Gandhi About Love

Tags

, , , , , , , , ,

“Love is the strongest force the world possesses

and yet it is the humblest imaginable.”

~ Mahatma Gandhi

Blue flowers

© Eva Tenter

You Are a Miracle

Tags

, , , , ,

“Seeing a miracle will inspire you, but knowing you are a miracle will change you.”

~ Deborah Brodie

English: Negative low tide at Ocean Beach in S...

(Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Rumi About Unconditional Love

Tags

, , , , , , ,

“And still, after all this time, the Sun has never said to the Earth,

“You owe me.”

Look what happens with love like that.

It lights up the sky.”

~ Rumi

Red sunrise over palmtree and ocean

(Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 3,762 other followers