Every day, priests minutely examine the Dharma and endlessly chant complicated sutras. Before doing that, though, they should learn how to read the love letters sent by the wind and rain, the snow and moon.
Master Ikkyu (1394-1481)
Be soft in your practice. Think of the method as a fine silvery stream, not a raging waterfall. Follow the stream, have faith in its course. It will go its own way, meandering here, trickling there. It will find the grooves, the cracks, the crevices. Just follow it. Never let it out of your sight. It will take you.
Master Sheng-yen (1931)
I sit alone weekday mornings. On Sundays, I go to Haku-un-ji Zen Center in Tempe, Arizona. Saturdays, I lay in bed with Helene. We talk the morning away together. Then, I go out and get her coffee. When I come home, she makes us breakfast, usually omelets.
Dan Hoen Hull (1968)
