Daily Zen

Today's Zen (Monday 2 May 2011):

"Spring passes, and one remembers one's innocence, Summer passes, and one remembers one's exuberance, Autumn passes, and one remembers one's reverence, Winter passes, and one remembers one's perseverance."

- Yoko Ono

Zen from Tuesday 1 March 2011:

"Listen to your life. All moments are key moments."

- Frederick Buechner

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Today's Zen (Sat 30 Apr / Sun 1 May 2011):

"Try to be like the turtle -- at ease in your own shell."

- Bill Copeland

Zen from Monday 28 February 2011:

"The mature person pays
Attention to what is happeneing
In the innermost self."

- Tzu-Ssu

Daily Zen

Today's Zen:

"There's no time for confused thoughts.
Practice the meaning of single-mindedness."

- Godrakpa

Zen from Sat/Sun 26/27 February 2011:

"We cannot put off living until we are ready. The most salient characteristic of life is its urgency, 'here and now' without any possible postponement. Life is fired at us point-blank."

- Jose Ortega y Gasset

Daily Zen

Today's Zen:

"Sincerity is the fulfillment of our own nature, and to arrive at it we need only follow our own true Self. Sincerity is the beginning and end of existence; without it nothing can endure. Therefore the mature person values sincerity above all things."

- Tzu-Ssu

Zen from Friday 25 February 2011:

"Always we hope
someone else has the answer.
Some other place will be better, 
it will all turn out.
This is it.
No one else has the answer.
No other place will be better,
and it has already turned out."

- Lao-tzu

Daily Inspiration

Today's Zen:

"One ought to be mixed up with the world and to be able to wash one's hands of it -- to be part of the world and also outside of it. One [has] to be both involved and detached at the same time."

- The Kotzker

Today's Tarot

1) Card of the day (the important aspects of the day ahead)
2) Attend to this (personal issues that will require attention)
3) What to look out for (feelings, desires or reactions that could arise)

Zen from Thursday 24 February 2011:

"The enlightened ones are neither attached to nor detached from their senses and thoughts.'"

- Huang Po

Daily Inspiration

Today's Zen:

"By sitting alone all day long
I clear my mind of a thousand thoughts.
To speak of this is beyond words;
Only by sitting under the quiet forest
Can we ever understand."

- Fa Yen

Today's Tarot

1) Card of the day (the important aspects of the day ahead)
2) Attend to this (personal issues that will require attention)
3) What to look out for (feelings, desires or reactions that could arise)

Zen from Wednesday 23 February 2011:

"Foolish, ignorant people indulge in careless lives, whereas a clever man guards his attention as his most prized possession.'"

- Buddha

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Today's Zen:

"Spring has its hundred flowers, Autumn its many moons. Summer has cool winds, Winter its snow. If useless thoughts do not Cloud your mind, Each day is the best day of your life."

- Wu-Men-Hui-Kai

Zen from Tuesday 22 February 2011:

"People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar."

- Thich Nhat Hanh

Daily Inspiration

Today's Zen:

"How can we ever lose interest in life?
Spring has come again
And cherry trees bloom in the mountains."

- Ryokan

Today's Tarot

1) Card of the day (the important aspects of the day ahead)
2) Attend to this (personal issues that will require attention)
3) What to look out for (feelings, desires or reactions that could arise)

Zen from Monday 21 February 2011:

"At the end of all things, the blessed will say, 'We never lived anywhere but in heaven.'"

- C.S. Lewis

Daily Inspiration

Today's Zen:

"How can we ever lose interest in life?
Spring has come again
And cherry trees bloom in the mountains."

- Ryokan

Today's Tarot

1) Card of the day (the important aspects of the day ahead)
2) Attend to this (personal issues that will require attention)
3) What to look out for (feelings, desires or reactions that could arise)

Zen from Sat/Sun 19/20 February 2011:

"If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him."

- The Dhammapada

Daily Inspiration

Today's Zen:

"In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you love? How deeply did you learn to let go?"

- Buddha

Today's Tarot

1) Card of the day (the important aspects of the day ahead)
2) Attend to this (personal issues that will require attention)
3) What to look out for (feelings, desires or reactions that could arise)

Zen from Friday 18 February 2011:

"The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy, is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities."

- Frances Wright