“In the nembutsu we see and feel the Buddha everywhere and in everything. Life itself becomes the unfolding of Buddha”
― Everyday Suchness: Buddhist Essays on Everyday Living
― Everyday Suchness: Buddhist Essays on Everyday Living
“(I enjoy what I do; I enjoy the company of others; I look back with a sense of happiness; I feel full of energy).”
― The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains
― The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains
“...“living in oneness with Buddha’s teaching, is a creative life in which everything becomes meaningful.”
― Everyday Suchness: Buddhist Essays on Everyday Living
― Everyday Suchness: Buddhist Essays on Everyday Living
“Concepts are not real things; a conceptualized world is a dead world. Living actualities lose their life when put into concepts.”
― Everyday Suchness: Buddhist Essays on Everyday Living
― Everyday Suchness: Buddhist Essays on Everyday Living
“In each time, in each place, in each life, there is absolute value and beauty”
― Everyday Suchness: Buddhist Essays on Everyday Living
― Everyday Suchness: Buddhist Essays on Everyday Living
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