To Study Buddhism Is To

Why Abandon A Seat In Your Own Home To Wander In Vain Through Dusty Regions Of Another Land? If You Make One False Step, You Miss What Is Right Before Your Eyes.

Yet You Must Not Cling To The Words Of The Old Sages Either; They, Too, May Not Be Right. Even If You Believe Them, You Should Be Alert So That, In The Event That Something Superior Comes Along, You May Follow That.

A Flower Falls, Even Though We Love It; And A Weed Grows, Even Though We Do Not Love It.

To Be In Harmony With The Wholeness Of Things Is Not To Have Anxiety Over Imperfections.

Just As Parents Care For Their Children, You Should Bear In Mind The Whole Universe.