The highest way of living for those who take the tonsure is to aim to lack nothing while owning nothing.
—Yoshida Kenkô, Essays in Idleness, translated by Meredith McKinney
If you wish to possess everything
You must seek to possess nothing
If you wish to become all
You must desire to be nothing
—Daniel Berrigan, S.J., “Certain Occult Utterances from the Under Ground and Its Guardian Sphinx,” in The Dark Night of Resistance
Dear Mark and community,
Thich Giác Thanh writes:
The wonderful transmission
Heart to heart
Is just an orchid branch
And a cup of morning tea.
The deep unending silence.
I just “met” this amazing poet. I wanted to share him with others who probably know and love him already!
And here is more:
https://myinneredge.wordpress.com/category/writing/giac-thanh/
A bow to all,
Loyola