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Zen Language

The Buddha's teaching is like a finger pointing to the moon, follow the finger to see the moon, but don't mistake the finger for the moon. Paying too much attention to the finger, giving importance to the finger, interpreting too much about the finger can distract the finger that wants to point, so that the moon cannot be seen but only what one interprets. - Vien Minh -

This life is a miracle. It's wonderful to be able to carry someone's difficult life together. Whether familiar or unfamiliar. The magic is to share their burden through me and even more wonderful is to do it all without saying anything like the wind blowing through the clouds. - Phap Hanh -

The person we are attached to a lot, that person suffers me a lot. A person who is attached and expected a lot by others, he is heavily burdened. Attachment is not really love. A person who loves is a person who has wisdom, knows what he can do for the person he loves, and knows what cannot be done. What can't be done, we have to accept and have an understanding of karma so that our hearts are at peace, not infected with anxiety, sadness and invisible pressure on our lives from those loved ones. - Dharma Heart -

If you do not meditate, you are like a blind and deaf person. It is not easy to see the Dharma. You have to meditate to see what you have never seen. You are not born a teacher right away. You have to go to school and be a student first. You can only taste the sourness of a lemon when you taste a lemon. - Ajahn Chah -

Painting of Master Phap Hanh