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I finished reading a book by W. Hui.  While I didn't find the book inspirational (to say the least), the author did provide some good quotes...most of them not by her, but still.  Since it's a pretty light day at work, I thought I'd provide my two pences worth (hahaha...) of wisdom out there to the world for anyone and everyone.  Enjoy!

 

Question: How is one released from worldly cares?

The Zen Master replies: Who has put you in bondage?

 

Free from desire, you realize the mystery.  Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations - Lao-tzu

 

Between motionlessness and emptiness you can actually feel a hard and perpetual kernel of existence, like the core of an apple - the real truth.  The real truth of the world and of mankind...  Being is nothingness, nothingness is being; in serenely observing all things in the world, you automatically achieve all things. - W. Hui

 

There are all kinds of beauty.  Most beauty should be preserved; that's eternal beauty.  But a tiny part is for merciless destruction.  That's temporary beauty. - W. Hui

 

The more you know, the less you understand. - Lao-tzu

 

Child, all of life's secrets are in a smile.  You're so young; don't always keep a straight face.  You must smile, and even better sometimes be playful! - W. Hui

 

Question: The wind blows and the flag moves.  Is the wind moving or is the flag moving?

Zen Master Hui Neng: Neither the wind nor the flag is moving; rather it is your heart that is moving.

 

If you want everything to remain as it is, it will be necessary for everything to change - Giuseppe di Lampedusa

 

You would notice the scent of the flower, but not know that it came from me. - Rabindranath Tagore

 

And on a random note, I again saw a group of Amish people walking down the street in Beijing.  In fact, they were the same group of Amish that I saw last Monday.  I wonder what they're doing here.  BLCU Chris provided a bit of englightenment on what they might be here for:

 

"They are here to pick up hot Chinese babes and do mind altering drugs?"