Zen Llamas (And Alpacas). Gautama Buddha
HAPPINESS41
Verse 26: “Old pond A frog jumps in...”43
Verse 27: “If by renouncing a lesser happiness one may...”44
Verse 28: “Entangled by the bonds of hate, he who...”45
Verse 29: “Happy indeed we live, we who possess...”46
Verse 30: “Relax. Nothing is under control...”47
Verse 31: “Think: Happy, at rest, may all beings be...”49
Table of Contents
Verse 32: “Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon...”50
Verse 33: “Set your heart on doing good. Do it...”51
Verse 34: “Radiate boundless love towards the entire...”52
Verse 35: “This holy life is lived, not for the sake...”53
Verse 36: “We seek happiness in external things without...”55
Verse 37: “Making others happy is not a question of...”56
Verse 38: “While many people consider sensory experience...”57
Verse 39: “If you develop a pure and sincere motivation...”58
Verse 40: “I often ask myself what is the purpose of our...”59
Verse 41: “They don’t sorrow over the past...”61
Verse 42: “Whoever’s heart, all day, all night...”62
Verse 43: “It’s good, the doing of the deed...”63
Verse 44: “What laughter, why joy...”64
Verse 45: “How very happily we live...”65
Verse 46: “Sitting alone, resting alone...”66
Verse 47: “Painful is communion with fools...”67
VIRTUE69
Verse 48: “Virtue is good all the way through old...”71
Verse 49: “The first cold shower...”72
Verse 50: “Whether walking, standing,...”73
Verse 51: “Through initiative, heedfulness,...”74
Verse 52: “Nothing ever goes away until it has taught...”75
Verse 53: “If you are going through hard times, often...”77
Verse 54: “Just as a bee in a flower...”78
Verse 55: “The search for happiness is one of the...”79
Verse 56: “Better to live one day virtuous and...”80
Verse 57: “Who you are is always right...”81
Verse 58: “No flower’s scent goes against the wind...”83
Verse 59: “On a leafless branch...”84
Verse 60: “Should a seeker not find a companion who...”85
Verse 61: “Should you find a wise critic to point...”86
Verse 62: “Purity and impurity depend on oneself...”87
Verse 63: “Just as a solid rock is not shaken by...”89
Verse 64: “In the present circumstances, no one...”90
Verse 65: “If there’s no wound on the hand,...”91
Verse 66: “These mountains that you are carrying...”93
TRUTH95
Verse 67: “A fool with a sense of his foolishness...”97
Verse 68: “There came a time when the risk to...”98
Verse 69: “Better than a thousand useless verses...”99
Verse 70: “For a liar who has violated the one law...”100
Verse 71: “Those who cling to perceptions and views...”101
Verse 72: “The calmed say that what is well-spoken...”103
Verse 73: “Not being known doesn’t stop the truth...”104
Verse 74: “They blame those who remain silent, they...”105
Verse 75: “Be honest, truthful, and altruistic...”106
Verse 76: “Understanding is the heartwood of well-spoken...”107
Verse 77: “Most of the shadows of this life are...”109
Verse 78: “Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer badness...”110
Verse 79: “No pleasure is comparable to standing upon...”111
Verse 80: “The resistance to the unpleasant situation...”112
Verse 81: “Nothing is so firmly believed as what we...”113
Verse 82: “Let go, or be dragged....”115
Verse 83: “What the superior man seeks is in himself...”116
Verse 84: “Speak only endearing speech, speech that is...”117
Verse 85: “The practice of Zen is forgetting the self...”118
Verse 86: “I have lived with several Zen masters—all...”119
Verse 87: “All know the way, but few actually walk it. ...”121
Verse 88: “Nature does not hurry, yet everything...”122
Verse 89: “Be kind whenever possible. It is always...”123
Verse 90: “Now I know what success is: living your truth...”124
Verse 91: “I don’t hold on to anything, don’t reject...”125
Verse 92: “We are here to awaken from our illusion of...”127
ETERNITY129
Verse 93: “A teacher affects eternity; he can never...”131
Verse 94: “Arise! Do not be heedless! Lead a righteous...”132
Verse 95: “The snow of yesterday...”133
Verse 96: “All conditioned things are impermanent—when...”134
Verse 97: “A world of dew,...”135
Verse 98: “Do you have the patience to wait until...”137
Verse 99: “Forget the years, forget distinctions...”138
Verse 100: “Life is a balance of holding on and letting...”139
Verse 101: “The world is afflicted by death and decay...”140
Verse 102: “We experience happiness on a sensory level...”141
Verse 103: “From my rotting body, flowers shall grow...”143