“we need to let our errors awaken, transform, and change us by taking them to heart, owning them.” NeedsHeartChangeErrors Book:Endless Path: Awakening Within the Buddhist Imagination: Jataka Tales, Zen Practice, and Daily Life Source: Endless Path: Awakening Within the Buddhist Imagination: Jataka Tales, Zen Practice, and Daily Life
“Enlightenment, the old teachers say, adds nothing, except maybe the recognition of a need for and a commitment to the work that still needs to be done.” NeedsStillsDoneWorkTeacherEnlightenmentCommitmentAddRecognition Book:Endless Path: Awakening Within the Buddhist Imagination: Jataka Tales, Zen Practice, and Daily Life Source: Endless Path: Awakening Within the Buddhist Imagination: Jataka Tales, Zen Practice, and Daily Life
“People who don't have stories in their cultures go nuts.” PeopleStoriesCultureNuts Author:Rafe Martin
“One side of service is serving, but the other side is creating the space in oneself where the possibilities of giving one's best become feasible. If you let go of your own compulsion and greed the things you are conditioned into by your culture then the more archetypal, more universally valid, more human, more compassionate, wiser activities and thoughts can come to your mind and you can dedicate yourself to them more fully.” IfsGivingMindHumansCultureSidesSpacePossibilityActivityLetting GoCreatingGreedOneselfServingCompassionateWiserCompulsion Author:Rafe Martin