This is your story and mine

 

The Buddha was born a prince and was predicted that he would become either a great religious leader or a great emperor. His father, the king, preferred to see his boy become a great emperor, so he had him trained in the arts of the warrior and the statesman. He also provided the comforts and entertainment appropriate to the station of a young prince – fine food and clothing, and the rest of it. 

 

This is your story and mine. When we are young, we are all little princes and princesses. We are each of us the center of the universe. In facts, our mouths are the center, and everything enters therein. We are guided by our parents towards a sense of responsibility, but despite the program set up about us, we emerge, each in our own way, as individual inquirers.

Robert Aitken - Taking the path of Zen

 

Starfaðu án þess að vera háður starfinu

 

Vel getur sá látið sér lynda að lifa hundrað ár, sem starfar án þess að vera háður starfinu, vinnur verk sín í einlægni en án langana, þráir ekki ávexti þeirra,- hann og hann einn.

Isha Upanishad