Truly compassionate action arises spontaneously without thought and is carried out in real action with no anticipation of reward and, indeed, no concept of a doer of that action.
BRAD WARNERReality’s all you’ve got. But here’s the real secret, the real miracle: it’s enough.
More Brad Warner Quotes
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Zen practice is about not getting high on anything and in so doing getting high on absolutely everything. We then find that everything we encounter – bliss or nonbliss – possesses a tremendous depth and beauty that we usually miss.
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You can always improve your situation. But you do so by facing it, not by running away.
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As for enlightenment, that’s just for people who can’t face reality.
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Real morality is based on a single criterion: right action, appropriate action, in the present moment and present situation.
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How many Zen masters does it take to screw in a light bulb? The plum tree in the garden!
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I remember writing the post but not what I said specifically, so I’ll either repeat myself or say something completely different and baffle everybody.
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Reality’s all you’ve got. But here’s the real secret, the real miracle: it’s enough.
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Leaving home’ to me means adopting the attitude that the pursuit of the truth is more vital than the pursuit of what society – your home – tells you is important.
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I mean somebody could write another book and say Brad’s idea about Buddhism and sex is wrong, and here’s mine, and that would be great. Just the fact that it would exist would be good because nobody is saying it, it’s like they’re trying to pretend it’s not there.
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Your role is to do and say the things that need to be done and said from your unique perspective.
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Buddha might be the one thing that could settle Godzilla down. He might say, “Listen Godzilla, you don’t have to do all this. Just chill out a little bit and everything will be fine”.
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I mean Godzilla is eternally pissed off at everything but of course he’s gonna be because every time he pops out of the water for a look around somebody is firing a missile at him. Buddha would probably have to act as a mediator between the people and Godzilla.
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I was very attracted to the way that Zen did not go into the imagination land. And now I’ve forgotten what your first question was and how we were going to tie this together.
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You won’t understand life and death until you’re ready to set aside any hope of understanding life and death and just live your life until you die.
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Do what you do as well as you possibly can. That’s Buddhist morality.
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