No Preferences 

The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences.

When love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the smallest distinction however and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart.

~ Seng-Tsan, the Third Zen Patriarch

Love yourself and be awake ~

today, tomorrow, always.

First establish yourself in the way,

then teach others,

and so defeat sorrow.

To straighten the crooked

you must first do a harder thing ~

straighten yourself.

You are the only master.

who else?

Subdue yourself,

and discover your master.

~ from the Dhammapada

Words of the Buddha

The Art of Peace

All life is a manifestation of the spirit,

the manifestation of love…

All things, material and spiritual, originate from one source

and are related as if they were one family.

The past, present and future are all contained in the life force.

The universe emerged and developed from one source,

and we evolved through the optimal process

of unification and harmonization…

All the principles of heaven and earth are living inside of you.

Life itself is the truth, and this will never change.

Everything in heaven and earth breathes.

Breath is the thread that ties creation together…

Now and again, it is necessary to seclude yourself

among deep mountain and hidden valleys

to restore your link to the source of life.

Breathe in and let yourself soar to the ends of the universe;

Breathe out and bring the cosmos back inside.

Next, breathe up all the fecundity and vibrancy of the earth.

Finally, blend the breath of heaven with that of your own

becoming the Breath of Life itself.