Goes out,
comes back—
the love life of a cat.

Live the life like Zorba The Buddha.
Zorba is the foundation and Buddha is the palace. Buddha is the peak, but the foundation stones are laid by Zorba. It will be foolish to choose to be a Buddha without having the foundation stones.

Be absolutely mathematical about it: Zorba should be there a…Read More

Even with insects —
some can sing,
some can’t.

Have you ever tried to train a puppy? Our minds are like puppies, constantly reacting to things within and around us. “It’s essential to recognize that who you truly are is not that person who is constantly in reaction. You are the stillness between your thoughts.”

Everything that’s created com…Read More

Under the evening moon
the snail is
stripped to the waist.

Evening Symbolically, this cycle offers the most dramatic contrast between light and darkness, between consciousness and unconsciousness.
Waist is in the middle.

Shakyamuni’s life exemplifies a basic interpretation of the Middle Way as the path between two extremes, close to A…Read More

Mosquito at my ear —
does he think
I’m deaf?

This is how our ego respond.

For most people, ego becomes an issue only when someone has too much of it and is considered egotistical – and even then, a big ego is often equated with drive and success.
The situation is very different seen from the perspective of consciousness. The reason that Bud…Read More