“Through watering the ground of affectionate love with cherishing love, And then sowing the seeds of wishing love and compassion, the medicinal tree of Bodhichitta will grow.” LoveFeelingsWishGrowsReligiousCompassionGrowingTreeEmpathyEnlightenmentSeedsBuddhistCherishSympathyLove And CompassionAffectionateSowing Author:Je Tsongkhapa
“According to accounts of the Buddha's life, it would seem that he had a very deep relationship with nature. He was not born in the royal palace but in a park, under a sala tree. He attained complete enlightenment under the bodhi tree and left this earth to enter Parinirvana, again, between three sala trees. It would seem that the Buddha was very fond of trees.” SeemsEarthThreeLeftBornTreeEnlightenmentAccountsForestsParksRoyalPalacesVery DeepDeep RelationshipRoyal Palaces Author:Dalai Lama
“Trees are good for contemplation. Plato and Aristotle did their best thinking in the groves of olives and figs around Athens, and Buddha found enlightenment beneath a bo or peepul tree.” ThinkingFoundTreeEnlightenmentContemplationPlatoOlivesAthensGroveFigsPlato And Aristotle Author:Colin Tudge
“Sometimes it takes more courage not to let yourself see. Sometimes knowledge is damaging - not enlightenment but enleadenment. If one recognizes the difference and prepares oneself - it is extraordinarily brave. Because when it comes to certain human miseries, the only witnesses should be the pavement and maybe the trees. (Gareth van Meer)” IfsShouldHumansSometimesCertainDifferencesTreeEnlightenmentBraveMiseryOneselfWitnessVansPavement Author:Marisha Pessl
“Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.” IfsPracticeTreeWallEnlightenmentPlantGardeningFenceSincerelyPlant A TreeGardening And GodPlants And Trees Author:Dogen
“In the assemblies of the enlightened ones there have been many cases of mastering the Way bringing forth the heart of plants and trees; this is what awakening the mind for enlightenment is like. The fifth patriarch of Zen was once a pine-planting wayfarer; Rinzai worked on planting cedars and pines on Mount Obaku. . . . Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.” IfsWayMindHeartHas BeensSpiritualityPracticeCasesTreeWallEnlightenmentPlantAwakeningEnlightenedGardeningFenceFifthSincerelyAssemblyPlant A TreeCedarsPlants And TreesPatriarch Author:Dogen
“Whenever learners or those beyond learning awaken the mind, for the first time they plant one buddha-nature. Working with the four elements and five clusters, if they practice sincerely they attain enlightenment. Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment. This is because the four elements and five clusters and plants, trees, fences and walls are fellow students; because they are of the same essence, because they are the same mind and the same life, because they are the same body and the same mechanism.” IfsLifeMindFirstsBodyPracticeFiveFourTreeStudentsWallElementsEnlightenmentFirst TimeEssenceFellowsPlantMechanismFenceSincerelyLearnersPlant A TreeClustersBuddha NatureFour Elements Author:Dogen
“There is no whit less enlightenment under the tree by your street than there was under the Buddha's bo tree. I invite you to go sit under that tree by your street.” NatureTreeStreetsEnlightenmentInvites Author:Annie Dillard