“Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won't see the tree.
Preoccupied with a single tree, you'll miss the entire forest.”

“When one practices discipline and moves from the beginner's territory to immovable wisdom, one makes a return and falls back to the level of the beginner.”

“Consider the core of the mind to be a wagon, with willpower to be carried about in it. Push it to a place where there can be failure, and there will be failure. Push it to a place where there can be success, and there will be success. But whether there is success or failure, if one entrusts himself to the straightness of this wagon of the core of the mind, he will attain right-mindedness in either case. Severing oneself from desire and being like a rock or tree, nothing will ever be achieved. Not departing from desire, but realizing a desireless right-mindedness - "this is the Way".”

“Zen is to have the heart and soul of a little child.”

Renunciation by T. Berg

“My temple is the whole Universe.”

“Religions differ, but in their most sacred essence they all steer towards a unified understanding.”

“An ordinary man is unable to see
beyond Form. He is unable to under-stand Emptiness. When something appears, he says it has manifested itself. From the standpoint of enlightenment, we say it manifests itself even when it returns to Emptiness and can no longer be seen.”

“Sever the edge between “before” and “after”. Not ridding the mind of previous moments, allowing the traces of the present mind to remain – both are bad. This means one should cut right through the interval between previous and present. Its significance is in cutting off the edge between before and after, between now and then future. It means not detaining the mind.”

“To see the edge of the blade which is going to cut you down is hell, but make a step forward and you are in heaven.”

“Do not be afraid of anything. Those who fear are haunted by failures. Fear is sometimes tolerated in everyday life, but it must be driven away at decisive moments. If you let doubts take over, even for a brief moment, you will be defeated.”

“Grasping one’s mind and not letting it become confused is the discipline of the novice just beginning to learn. This practice, when applied for a long period of time, leads to advancement to the level of freedom in which one can let the mind go in any direction.”

“Once you deeply comprehend the truth, everything around becomes Emptiness.”

"Spirit, filled with Emptiness, can overcome any obstacle."

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