Zhuangzi on bliss
Zhuangzi149 quotes“To have attained to the human form is a source of joy. What an incomparable bliss it is to undergo these countless transitions.”
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The sage has the sun and moon by his side and the universe under his arm. He blends everything into a harmonious whole. . . . He blends the disparities of ten thousand years into one complete purity. All things are blended like this and mutually involve each other.
ZhuangziZhuangzi During our dreams we do not know we are dreaming. We may even dream of interpreting a dream. Only on waking do we know it was a dream. Only after the great awakening will we realize that this is the great dream.
ZhuangziZhuangzi There may be difficulty at the moment, but I will not lose the Virtue that I possess. It is when the ice and snow are on them that we see the strength of the cypress and the pine. I am grateful for this trouble around me, because it gives me an opportunity to realize how fortunate I am.
ZhuangziZhuangzi Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
ZhuangziZhuangzi Are you and I perchance caught up in a dream from which we have not yet awakened?
ZhuangziZhuangzi Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
ZhuangziZhuangzi Transmit the established facts; do not transmit words of exaggeration. If you do that, you will probably come out all right.
ZhuangziZhuangzi Birth is not the beginning, Death is not the end.
ZhuangziZhuangzi Do not let the artificial obliterate the natural; do not let will obliterate destiny; do not let virtue be sacrificed to fame.
ZhuangziZhuangzi A path is made by walking on it.
ZhuangziZhuangzi And how do I know that the hate of death is not like a man who has lost his home when young and does not know where his home is to return to?
ZhuangziZhuangzi True men” are strong willed, have dignity in their demeanor, serenity in their expression. They are cool like autumn, warm like spring. Their passions arise like the four seasons, in harmony with the ten thousand creatures, and no one knows their limits.
ZhuangziZhuangzi All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility.
ZhuangziZhuangzi But you now, you wear your soul on your sleeve, exhausting your energy, propping yourself up on a tree, mumbling, or bent over your desk, asleep. Heaven gives you a form and you wear it out by pointless argument.
ZhuangziZhuangzi The eyes envy the mind.
ZhuangziZhuangzi Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.
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RamakrishnaRamakrishna Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in solitude attains supreme bliss.
Guru NanakGuru Nanak I am in constant bliss, day and night, egotism has been dispelled from within me.
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