The Little Zen Calendar Catch-Up Post #7
Sunday, July 7th
This, then, is salvation:
When we marvel at
the beauty of created
things and praise their
beautiful Creator.
~ Meister Eckhart
Monday, July 8th
Such coolness -
the sound of the bell
echoing out from the bell!
~ Buson
Tuesday, July 9th
And if the earth no longer
knows your name,
whisper to the silent earth:
I'm flowing.
To the flashing water say: I am.
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
Wednesday, July 10th
Man can learn
nothing except by
going from the known
to the unknown.
~ Claude Bernard
Thursday, July 11th
Everything falls under the law of
change,
like a dream, a phantom, a bubble,
a shadow,
like dew or a flash or lightning;
you should contemplate like this.
~ The Diamond Sutra
Friday, July 12th
The world is ruled
by letting things take
their course.
~ Lao-Tzu
Saturday, July 13th
Kabir says:
Every instant that the sun is risen,
if I stand in the temple, or on a balcony,
in the hot fields, or in a walled garden,
my own Lord is making love with me.