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Venerable Svasti and the young buffalo boys were rivers that flowed from that source. Wherever the rivers flowed, the Buddha would be there.
Old Path White Clouds : Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha (1991)
Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as the means to take hold of your mind again.
The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation (1999)
We are like sleepwalkers, not knowing what we are doing or where we are heading. Whether we can wake up or not depends on whether we can walk mindfully on our Mother Earth. The future of all life, including our own, depends on our mindful steps.
The Sun My Heart (1996)
The quality of our life
depends on the quality
of the seeds
that lie deep in our consciousness.
Understanding Our Mind (2006)
One included all, and all were contained in one.
Old Path White Clouds : Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha (1991)
Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the whole earth revolves—slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future. Live the actual moment. Only this actual moment is life.
The Miracle of Mindfulness (1999)
Our ecology should be a deep ecology—not only deep, but universal.
The Sun My Heart (1996)
We cannot begin to describe all the effects of the sun, that great heart outside of our body.
The Sun My Heart (1996)
The same clouds that Buddha had seen were in the sky. Each serene step brought to life the old path and white clouds of the Buddha. The path of Buddha was beneath his very feet.
Old Path White Clouds : Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha (1991)
Smiling means that we are ourselves, that we have sovereignty over ourselves, that we are not drowned in forgetfulness. This kind of smile can be seen on the faces of Buddhas and bodhisattvas.
Being Peace (1987)
The leaf and his body were one. Neither possessed a separate permanent self. Neither could exist independently from the rest of the universe.
Old Path White Clouds : Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha (1991)
I am the mayfly metamorphosing on the surface of the river,
and I am the bird which, when spring comes,
arrives in time to eat the mayfly.
Call Me by My True Names (1987)
In the teaching of interpenetration, one determines the other, the other determines this one. When we realize our nature of interbeing, we will stop blaming and killing, because we know that we inter-are.
The Sun My Heart (1996)
We need to protect the ecology of the Earth and the ecology of the mind, or this kind of violence and recklessness will spill over into even more areas of life.
The Sun My Heart (1996)
Without the sun, no living being could survive. Without sun, water, air, and soil, there would be no vegetables. The vegetables are the coming-together of many conditions near and far.
The Sun My Heart (1996)
Undoubtedly, even for enlightened men, however determined they may be, it is very difficult to go against the system. The question posed today is what must we do to prevent ourselves from being taken over by the system? Engaging in political or economic conflict does not seem to be the answer.
Zen Keys (1994)
We have to remember that our body is not limited to what lies within the boundary of our skin. Our body is much more immense.
The Sun My Heart (1996)
In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.
Engaged Buddhist Reader: Ten Years of Engaged Buddhist Publishing (1996)
If the sun were to stop shining, the flow of our life would stop. The sun is our second heart, our heart outside of our body. It gives all life on Earth the warmth necessary for existence.
The Sun My Heart (1996)
Chanting from the heart: Buddhist ceremonies and daily practices (2007)