Justin Says

Here are some casual notes, make what you will of them:

Within this emptiness is a circle, and within the circle are the mountains and the lakes. There is nothing empty about emptiness!

The preaching of no words, the brilliance of no color.

Too few can be too many.

The ocean waves: the essence is water.

A day of profound gratitude. When we are grateful we are joyous. Gratitude does not mean rejoicing because some desire has been satisfied.

The hand of Satori is held out.

Confucius stressed ‘human-heartedness’ and ‘Teh’. I find them preferable to the attitude of the Zen Master who turned his back on all callers.

The important thing about a problem is to understand the ground from which it arose.

You cannot give the same teaching to two people. It must fit the Karma of each one and never be a teaching by rote. How do you know what teaching to give? You will be guided.