Through Shallow Intellect, The Mind Becomes Shallow, And One Eats The Fly, Quotes

Through shallow intellect,
the mind becomes shallow,
and one eats the fly, along with the sweets.
- Guru Nanak

Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life .

A famous soldier came to the master Hakuin and asked:
"Master, tell me: is there really a heaven and a hell?"

"Who are you?" asked Hakuin.

"I am a soldier of the great Emperor's personal guard."

"Nonsense!" said Hakuin.
"What kind of emperor would have you around him?
To me you look like a beggar!"
At this, the soldier started to rattle his big sword in anger.
"Oho!" said Hakuin.
"So you have a sword!
I'll wager it's much too dull to cut my head off!"

At this the soldier could not hold himself back.
He drew his sword and threatened the master, who said:
"Now you know half the answer! You are opening the gates of hell!"

The soldier drew back, sheathed his sword, and bowed.
"Now you know the other half," said the master.
"You have opened the gates of heaven ."

To stop without knowing how it stops
- this is Dao (Tao).

waqt jaisa bhi ho.. achcha ya bura
badalta zaroor hai.
Isliye achche waqt mein
kuch aisa galat mat karo
ki bure waqt mein achche log
aapka saath choad dein..

Cowboy Wisdom: Never approach a bull from the front,
a horse from the rear and a fool from any direction.

There is an original nature in things.
Things in their original nature are curved without the help of arcs,
straight without lines, round without compasses, and
rectangular without squares;
they are joined together without glue and
hold together without cords.
In this manner all things live and grow from an inner urge and
none can tell how they come to do so.