June 2012
67 posts
nobly, the great priest deposits his daily stool in bleak winter fields
—buson
afterthought -- thirty three
gratitude
afterthought -- thirty two
why fear nothing?
not believing in anything i just sit, listening to my breathing after thirty years it still goes in and out.
—albert coelho
“a painting that is well composed is half finished.”
– pierre bonnard
afterthought -- thirty one
neither
“to fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise:...”
– socrates
afterthought -- thirty
process
though I think not to think about it, i do think about it and shed tears thinking about it.
—ryokan
afterthought -- twenty nine
more with less
afterthought -- twenty eight
the sound
“nothing i choose, nothing reject.”
– p’ang chü-shih
afterthought -- twenty seven
the weather outside
“a man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.”
– henry david thoreau
afterthought -- twenty six
winter sun
tape →
“cosmic time is the same for everyone, but human time differs with each person....”
– yasunari kawabata
afterthought -- twenty six
summer moon
afterthought -- twenty five
edge
“all things arise and pass away”
– buddha
“a throne is only a bench covered in velvet.”
– the emperor, napoleon
afterthought -- twenty four
a cup of empty space
afterthought -- twenty three
the same day tomorrow
“after your death you will be what you were before your birth.”
– arthur schopenhaur
reading the art of the steal →
afterthought -- twenty two
gray
“all the confusion of my life… has been a reflection of myself.”
—frederico fellini’s 8 1/2, guido
afterthought -- twenty one
dreams in the dust
“an early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.”
– henry david thoreau
walkman, dictionary, tea →
reading walden →
reading catching the big fish →
“a man is but the product of his thoughts. what he thinks, he becomes.”
– mohandas karamchand gandhi
afterthought -- twenty
in the cold
afterthought -- nineteen
just so
“the most important thing is to find out
what is the most important thing.”
– shunryu suzuki
afterthought -- eighteen
attachment, no attachment to dust
“how wondrous this, how mysterious!”
– d. t. suzuki, zen and japanese culture, page sixteen
afterthought -- seventeen
(more)
my legacy — what will it be? flowers in spring, the cuckoo in summer, and the crimson maples of autumn
—ryokan
afterthought -- sixteen
permanent impermanence
“find yourself a cup of tea; the teapot is behind you. now tell me about...”
– saki
“smile, breathe and go slowly.”
– thich naht hanh
afterthought -- fifteen
a bird in the air, a fish in the water
“death offers mankind a full view of truth.”
– socrates
afterthought -- fourteen
ten-thousand things
“be true to the thought of the moment and avoid distraction.”
– yamamoto tsunetomo
“no clinging, no seeking.”
– pai-chang
“vast emptiness — nothing holy.”
– bodhidharma
afterthought -- thirteen
its substance fathomless — it exists eternally
