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Knowing the constant is called enlightenment

 

Attain the center of emptiness,
Preserve the utmost quiet;
As myriad things act in concert
I thereby observe the return.
Things flourish,
Then each returns to its root.
Returning to the root
Is called stillness:
Stillness is called return to Life,
Return to Life is called the constant;
Knowing the constant is called enlightenment.

 

Tao-te Ching

Look inside

 

A beggar had been sitting by the side of the road for thirty years.
One day a stranger walked by."Spare some change?" mumbled the beggar.
"I have nothing to give you," said the stranger. Then he asked: "What's that you're sitting on?"
"Nothing, " replied the beggar. "Just an old box. I've been sitting on it for as long as I can remember.
"Ever look inside?," asked the stranger.
"No," said the beggar. "What's the point, there's nothing in there."
"Have a look inside," insisted the stranger. The beggar, reluctantly, managed to pry open the lid. With astonishment, disbelief, and elation, he saw that the box was filled with gold.
I am that stranger who has nothing to give you and who is telling you to look inside. Not inside any box, as in the parable, but somewhere even closer: inside yourself.

 

Eckhart Tolle

Gleðilegt sumar - Sannleikurinn

 

Sannleikurinn er ekki í bókum, og ekki einu sinni í góðum bókum, heldur í mönnum sem hafa gott hjartalag.

 

Halldór Laxness  

Zen-fyrirlestur laugardaginn 21. apríl kl. 10

 

 

 

Hugleiðing um Zen

Helga Kimyo Jóakimsdóttir

laugardag 25. apríl kl. 10:00

 

 

www.zen.is

Karma Yoga - The secret is to forget yourself

 

There is no greater yoga than Karma Yoga. From morning to evening you are doing some action, so everything can be Karma Yoga. Everything should be yogic, from the minute you start brushing your teeth to the minute you go to bed. For Karma Yoga there is no time limit, every time is the right time. You can do it anywhere: inside the church, outside the church, in the street, at home, on the train, on the plane, wherever you are. You become a constant practitioner. You are a yogi throughout the day, throughout your life.

Subramuniya Bharati, a great and saintly poet who lived in India earlier in this century wrote, "The essence of scriptures is Karma Yoga. That alone can save us. Service, service, service, that is enough for us." Mere service alone is enough for your yogic or spiritual practice. Even if you don't have time to meditate or do asanas, it doesn't matter. If you have an opportunity to do Karma Yoga, do that first. Through Karma Yoga your heart, mind and body will soon be cleaned. It even takes care of your health. When you serve well, you get real hunger; you eat well, you digest well, and you sleep well. There's peace in the mind and ease in the body.

You can practice all the other yogas with ease, but the most difficult one is Karma Yoga, because the ego will pop up at every moment. But the secret is to forget yourself, to place yourself last and put others first. Then Karma Yoga will be easy. You will be the happiest person.

Om Shanthi Shanthi Shanthi.

 

Sri Swami Satchidananda

Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water.

 

Enlightenment is like the
moon reflected on the water.
The moon does not get wet,
nor is the water broken.
Although its light is wide and great,
the moon is reflected even
in a puddle an inch wide.
The whole moon and the entire sky
are reflected in dewdrops on the grass,
or even in one drop of water.

Dogen (1200-1253)

What is this 'seeing one's nature and becoming Buddha'?

 

A monk asks: "What is this 'seeing one's nature and becoming Buddha'?"
Daito replies: "The snow melts and the bones of the mountain appear."

 

Daito (1282-1334)

... present moment is Life itself

 

Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is Life itself, it is an insane way to live.

 

Eckhart Tolle

Meditation is essential for our survival, our peace, our protection.

If we as members of the human race practice meditation, we can transcend our fear, despair, and forgetfulness. Meditation is not an escape. It is the courage to look at reality with mindfulness and concentration. Meditation is essential for our survival, our peace, our protection.

Thich Nhat Hanh - The World We Have