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What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.

—The Buddha

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Everyman’s life lies within the present, for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.

Marcus Aurelius (via thecalminside)

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Motoi Yamamoto - Labyrinth (salt)

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OM:  “Om is the one eternal syllable of which all that exists is but the development. The past, the present, and the future are all included in this one sound, and all that exists beyond the three forms of time is also implied in it”

From the Mandukya Upanishad

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Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Buddha (via thecalminside)

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Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

Alan Watts (via thecalminside)

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Confessions in the Moonlight, from Laputa: Castle in the Sky OST. This great piece was composed by the great Joe Hisaishi.

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I’m a wanderer   so let that be my name –   the first winter rain 

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~Matsuo Basho

Image: KDelaney

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“A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.” ~ Bodhidharma

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Bodhidharma by Li Zhi

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Bodhidharma is the 6th Patriarch of Zen and the 1st Patriarch of Zen in China.  There’s a myth that says that he brought a set of yogic the exercises to the monks at the Shaolin Temple that would later become the foundation for Shaolin Kung Fu.

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All know the Way, but few actually walk it.

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Bodhidharma

photo: rosedew

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(via This Man Got Mugged At A Train Station. What He Did Next Was Genius.)

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The Present Moment

A Japanese warrior was captured by his enemies and thrown into prison. That night he was unable to sleep because he feared that the next day he would be interrogated, tortured, and executed. Then the words of his Zen master came to him, "Tomorrow is not real. It is an illusion. The only reality is now." Heeding these words, the warrior became peaceful and fell asleep.

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"A little cuckoo across a hydrangea"

do cuckoos fly about the heads of patch-robed monks?

-Buson