Thoughts on studying Buddhism

Buddha said there are two indications of becoming enlightened.  One is that little things no longer bother you.  What is the second?

Compassion and wisdom become one and the same.

"I swear, by my life and my love of [...]

Vice, Virtue. It's best not to be too moral. You cheat yourself out of too much *life*. Aim above morality. If you apply that to life, then you're bound to live life fully.

Learning Zen Buddhism is in ways like learning a language.  Or relearning a language.  Some words are added; some words are banned.  Some words have different meaning.

Look around you.

When I bring myself tightly into the moment, I often feel gratitude to everything that gave rise to what I think of as, "me."  

One day, at the Guanyin Temple, in the midst of breakfast, a monk came to the abbot Zhaozhou  and said: "I have recently become your disciple in this Temple. Please guide me with your teachings, master."

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I have no questions for my teacher, and that is a very strange feeling.