Wit & Wisdom
In matters of religion, most persons prefer chewing
the menu to actually eating the food!
-- An old Zen saying
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns
on the set, I go into the other room and read a book..
-- Groucho Marx
It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a
different person then.
-- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
A student went to see his meditation teacher and said,
“My situation is horrible! I feel so distracted most of the
time, or my legs ache, or I’m repeatedly falling asleep. It’s
terrible.” The teacher said matter-of-factly, “It will pass.”
A week later, the student returned to his teacher. “My
meditation is wonderful! I feel so ecstatically joyous and
alive!” The teacher told him, “It will pass.”
When asked about “enlightenment,” wise old Bishop Nippo
Syaku (1910-91), head of a few Ekayana Buddhist temples
in California, replied in his halting, heavily accented
English: “Ah, enlightenment… You can’t fall into it. You
can’t fall out of it!".
Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run
over if you just sit there.
-- Will Rogers