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Zen teacher Torei Enji said:
It is relatively easy to accomplish the important matter of insight into one’s true nature, but uncommonly difficult to function freely and clearly…
Layman Pang’s daughter Lingzhao described what it is to “function freely and clearly”:
Layman Pang was with his ...
A friend of mine reports that he has trouble falling asleep, and getting back to sleep when he wakes up early.
I sent him a copy of Waking Up and Falling Asleep, and I wrote:
I think it’s easier to experience the things I talk about in “Waking Up and Falling Asleep” when you’re actually trying ...
A friend emailed me this quote from Pablo Neruda:
To feel the intimacy of brothers is a marvelous thing in life. To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life. But to feel the affection that comes from those whom we do not know, from those unknown to us, who are watching over our sleep and solitude, ...