To Understand Gravity Of A Situation One Has To Understand Gravity Quotes

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 ."

किसी को तब तक नहीं बोलना चाहिए
जब तक उसे ऐसे करने के लिए कहा न जाय
उसे दूसरों की बातचीत में व्यवधान नहीं डालना चाहिए ..

Sekiso, a famous Zen teacher, asked:
"A man sits on top of a hundred-foot pole.
How can he go farther up?"

A master answered:
"He should reach for enlightenment.
Then he can stand up into all four corners of the sky at once."

Be Still like a mountain and
Flow like a Great River..
- Lao Tzu

Secret of Living a Magical Life
Base your choices not upon your fears,
but rather your hopes.
Not on what you fear might happen,
but on what you hope will happen. - Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard