Daily Zen

Today's Zen (28 November 2011):

"When we act out our negativity, the effect is like carving it into stone. The imprint remains for a long, long time."
- Genpo Merzel

Zen from Wednesday 17 August 2011:

"Most people think that we live in the actual world while we are alive, and that after we take the last breath we somehow wander into a vague realm of the spirit. It is a great mistake to see two separate realms."
- Soen Nakagawa

Zen from Wednesday 5 October 2011:

"If you want to see the heroic, look at those who can love in return for hatred. If you want to see the brave, look for those who can forgive."
- Bhagavad Gita

Zen from Wednesday 2 November 2011:

"The outward freedom that we shall attain will only be in exact proportion to the inward freedom to which we may have grown at a given moment. And if this is a correct view of freedom, our chief energy must be concentrated on achieving reform from within."
- Gandhi