Simple Mind Zen

"During the time of the Buddha, there were some who slandered him and became disciples of heretics and demons." -- Mud & Wate...

The overproduction of people may lead to an overwhelming burden upon the earth. Science will answer for this concern . The 19th century P...

Recognize that a concept is just a concept, and not reality. --Joko Charlotte Beck Generalizations. Assumptions. We all make them. And t...

"Less and less do you need to force things, until finally you arrive at non-action. When nothing is done, nothing is left undone....

"Man is higher than the brute." MK Gandhi Writing about Ahimsa , Gandhi briefly describes it as, "the world is full of vio...

"There is a bond of unity between our two eyes which makes them act in unison."  Sadhana; the Realization of Life by Rabindranath...

"The book is the Supreme Doctrine by Hubert Benoit...it's the best explanation for the human problem that I've ever found... a...

"Do not conform yourselves to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, ...

"We can still remain a free person. Free from what?" Going Home by Thich Nhat Hanh Writing in his book, Going Home , Buddhist M...

"Eros makes promises, but agape keeps them." -- The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis Poets and philosophers alike have spent many  wo...

  "Joy is prayer--joy is strength--joy is love." --Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta Bliss of Identity All nature is taught...

"God Bless America" -- The Civil Religion in American by Robert Bellah Civil religion in America, argues Robert Bellah in his ...

In recollection of Prof. Robert Bellah, 1927-2013 . Civil Religion in America argues Robert Bellah in his book of the same title, is th...

"The soul prospers in the failure of perfection."--Thomas Moore While we may perceive events as either immanent or as transcen...

"...Can any intelligent person accept that the vast scheme of being... should be based on aimlessness and purposelessness?" The S...

Taking Refuge " One bread, one body, one Lord of all One cup of blessing which we bless And we though many, throughout the earth ...

"A thing is only completely our own when it is a thing of joy." Sadhana by R. Tagore Investigating further into the work of Rab...

"Happily...we have a solution. This is the mandorla... It is far too valuable a concept to have lost." Owning Your Own Shadow --...

"Every human experience can be expressed in terms of paradox." Owning Your Own Shadow by R. Johnson Writing about the all too h...

"Those whose karmic inclination led them on the right path, ended up realizing their true nature and became enlightened." --Mud a...