Seeds...

"If we plant poisonous seeds in the ground, 

all the trees and fruit become poisonous 

plants. So, the delusions are like poisonous seeds."

Lama Zopa Rinpoche

LONELINESS

"Why are we bored, lonely and lazy? Because we don't have the will to totally open our hearts to others. If you have the strength of will to totally open your heart to others, you will eliminate laziness, selfishness and loneliness. Actually, the reason you get lonely is that you are not doing anything. If you were busy, you wouldn't have time to get lonely. Loneliness can only enter an inactive mind. If your mind is dull and your body inactive, then you get lonely. Basically, this comes from a selfish attitude, concern for yourself alone. That is the cause of loneliness, laziness and a closed heart."

LAMA YESHE RINPOCHE

Wisdom. and knowledge

“The wise man is one who knows 

what he does not know.” 

Lao Tzu

Tao Te Ching

Tolle wisdom...

PATRUL RINPOCHE

All the various thoughts are laid out like the features of a game,
For the child-like power of awareness to play with non-attachment,
The old mothers of the six realms take their seats as compassion's focus,
And the offerings, sources of merit, are shared by dedication’s skilful hands.

All this talk of realising and seeing, it’s all so hollow!
Forget bliss and clarity, they’re just temporary highs!
Cultivate emptiness of which compassion is the essence,
And your own and others’ welfare is assured, it’s said.

Even a hundred years of exertion born of expectation for reward,
Will only postpone the supreme accomplishment, we're told.
But on the path of the six pāramitās free from the seven attachments,
Even without enlightenment in this lifetime, there'll be no regret!

Truth...

“The truth is not always beautiful, 

nor beautiful words the truth.” 

Lao Tzu

Tao Te Ching

Courage types...

"A man with outward courage dares to die; 

a man with inner courage dares to live.” 

Lao Tzu

Tao Te Ching

Vanished....

“No one understands now. Those who could

hear a song this deeply vanished long ago.” 

Li Bai

Breath..

Homeless !

I know not what went wrong

and yearn to hear morning's song

my own place wherein to sleep,

be it a shack, hut or small keep

I watch as people bustle by

Fretting, frowning: don't know why

The wheel of fortune has been spun

A spoke had halted on "not fun"

Then in stillness do I descend

to my heart, my only friend

With all outward things withdrawn

T'is there I find a fresh new dawn

Somwang (Book of poems2)

My home

“You ask why I make my home 

in the mountain forest,

and I smile, and am silent,

and even my soul remains quiet:

it lives in the other world

which no one owns.

The peach trees blossom,

The water flows.” 

Li Bai

The mountain and I

“We sit together, the mountain and me, 

until only the mountain remains.” 

Li Bai

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Bai)

How the wise live....

"Wise people, even though all laws were 

abolished, would still lead the same life."

Aristophanes

Schooling in wisdom...

“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but 

of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” 

Albert Einstein

Soaring...

As an aloof eagle flying high,

I watch below me life pass by

Its many sudden twists 'n turns

reaching out to caress and burn

those caught in its timeless snare

Arrogance, greed, pride they wear

As an unyielding universe looks on

many eons upon which suns shone

In height, in joy there is no defeat

as unaware victims lie at my feet

In uplifting winds I find my peace

for way below I indulge and feast

my feathers fine, my talons sharp

I fear neither daylight nor the dark

And when I come to be reborn,

I'd never want to be man: a shark!

Somwang (Book of Poems)

Adding and taking away...

“To attain knowledge, add things everyday. 

To attain wisdom, remove things every day.” 

Lao Tzu

Imagination...

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." 

Albert Einstein