“Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment.”
“From the perspective of meditation, every state is a special state, every moment a special moment.”
Source: Wherever You Go, There You Are
Think Better: An Innovator's Guide to Productive Thinking
As recorded in filmed interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsfYAJ3dQyY&feature=player_embedded (1979) with Dylan Taite in Aotearoa, New Zealand
The people who are trying to make this world worse aren't taking a day off. How can I?
"A Fisherman" in Wild Ways : Zen Poems (2003), edited and translated by John Stevens, p. 37.
Context: Studying texts and stiff meditation can make you lose your Original Mind.
A solitary tune by a fisherman, though, can be an invaluable treasure.
Dusk rain on the river, the moon peeking in and out of the clouds;
Elegant beyond words, he chants his songs night after night.
Source: The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
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