…life is paradise, and we are all in paradise, but we won’t see it; if we would, we should have heaven on earth the next day.
“
| — | fyodor dostoevsky |
…all is truth without exception;
And henceforth I will go celebrate any thing I see or am,
And sing and laugh and deny nothing.
And henceforth I will go celebrate any thing I see or am,
And sing and laugh and deny nothing.
“
| — | walt whitman |
“The Korean Zen master Hyunoong Sunim was holding a discussion at San Francisco Zen Center. A student asked him the reason human beings persist in habits that cause them harm, sometimes long after they have ceased to be pleasurable.
“In Christianity,” answered Hyunoong Sunim, “this is known as original sin. In Buddhism, we call it delusion.” He looked around the room.
“Why is there delusion?”
He shrugged his shoulders and lifted both hands into the air. “No reason!”
At this he laughed heartily.”
