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What Is Zen? Simple, Simple, So Simple. Infinite Gratitude Toward All Things Past; Infinite Service To All Things Present; Infinite Responsibility To All Things Future.

The Notion That Western Religions Are More Rigid Than Those Of Asia Is Overdrawn. Ours Is The Most Permissive Society History Has Ever Known - Almost The Only Thing That Is Forbidden Now Is To Forbid - And Asian Teachers And Their Progeny Play Up To This Propensity By Soft-pedaling Hinduism's, Buddhism's, Sufism's Rules.

If Rumi Is The Most-read Poet In America Today, Coleman Barks Is In Good Part Responsible. His Ear For The Truly Divine Madness In Rumi’s Poetry Is Really Remarkable.

I Have A Body And I Have A Soul. And My Body Belongs To The Faith - In Fact, The Church - Into Which It Was Born, The Methodist Church.

Imagine A Man Besottedly In Love: He Won't Waste Time Speculating Whether Other Women Equally Merit His Affection.