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“By observing the arising and passing away of phenomena, one comes to see clearly the impermanence of all conditioned things.”

Mahasi Sayadaw

“The world in which we live is a world of ceaseless change. Those who try to cling to it suffer.”

Nyanaponika Thera

One who is free of fear knows that at the deepest level of realization there is no suffering, no birth, no death. Each moment is new and complete―right now being born, right now dying.... In some sense we are never born; we will never die.
― Joan Halifax (in Being with Dying)

“Contemplating impermanence is not meant to make us fearful, but to help us see the futility of clinging.”

Bhikkhu Analayo

“Impermanence is not something we think about philosophically—it’s what we live. Every breath is different. Every moment is new.”

Uchiyama Roshi

6 Rules of Tilopa:
Don’t recall. Let go of what has passed.
Don’t imagine. Let go of what may come.
Don’t think. Let go of what is happening now.
Don’t examine. Don’t try to figure anything out.
Don’t control. Don’t try to make anything happen.
Rest. Relax, right now, and rest.

...I, too, quietly
turn clear & transparent.

#ryokan #zenpoetry #zen #zenwisdom #here&now

This fierce little lizard with its beautiful markings hangs out in my desert garden. It’s about 8-9 inches in length — those little feet are amazing.

“The two most important things amongst all these endless practices, the two really important things which are essential: One, is to develop awareness. Second, is to really open up the heart with love and compassion for all beings.”
~ Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

“Sit immovably in the place where being superior or inferior to others doesn't matter."

Uchiyama Roshi

Go to where your suffering is aligned with your capacity to meet it. You don’t have to go to death row, or live in a monastery. You don’t have to sit with the unsheltered, if that’s not your work. Go to where you can care safely and deeply & broaden that capacity over time. Roshi Joan

When you sit in meditation, close only your eyes. Keep your mind bright and alert, like a tree that closes its leaves and thus doesn’t obstruct our view of the stars.

Ajaan Lee

Desert morning.

Just in case you haven't seen a guinea pig buffet today 🖤

thousands of quilts, each representing a life lost to hiv/aids

The AIDS Memorial Quilt displayed on the National Mall, October 1996, by James Di Loreto. Smithsonian Institution Archives.