The Buddha is found in other people - even the ones we do not like very much.
Francis Harold Cook
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The object of Zen is not to kill all feelings and become anesthetized to pain and fear. The object of Zen is to free us to scream loudly and fully when it is time to scream.
Francis Harold Cook
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Can the water in the valleys ever stop and rest?
When the water finally reaches the sea, it becomes great waves.
Francis Harold Cook
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The prospect of future lives in remote heavens as a compensation for the inadequacy of our present lives is a bad tradeoff for losing out on the present.