Quotes About Journey

Dhyan traveled from India to China along with the Buddhist monks, where it was referred to as Ch'an. This yoga traveled through the Southeast Asian countries to Japan and became Zen, and found expression as a whole system of direct insight without an emphasis on doctrine. Zen is a spiritual path that has no scriptures, books, rules, or rigid practices; it is an uncharted path.

Then I was a man I only went up the Hill As I had time to kill But kill I did all that was Me and Mine With Me and Mine gone Lost all my will and skill Here I am, an empty vessel Enslaved to the Divine Will and infinite skill

Just to earn a living, to reproduce, to raise a family, and then one day to fall dead—what a challenge! It

Finding true love is like finding the bottle of water in Desert.

Do not despair. We will glimpse another track; we fill find another route. The day that is not this will come. The time that is not this will be.

Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process.

The mind for truth Begins, like a stream, shallow At first, but then Adds more and more depth While gaining greater clarity.

How might I climb from the valley up over dripping boulders to tread the mountain clouds of that far peak?

Ratsuni jäljet on lumi peittänyt. Ne, joiden edelle ratsastin, kummeksivat: mitä tietä hän meni?

How I delight in this well-timed snow that buries the mountain path behind me as I enter intent on long seclusion

Last year, Yoshino, I walked away bending branches To point me to blossoms-- Which now are everywhere and I can Go where I've never been before.

The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.

To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.

To Carthage I came, where all about me resounded a caldron of dissolute loves.

Our time for this life is nothing other than a race to death.

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.

To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.

Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.

The world's thy ship and not thy home.

Similarly, our mind has developed enough mindfulness and awareness to drive to work, but if we had to drive across the country, we might not have the stamina to stay on the road. Someone who makes long drives all the time, like a trucker, can do it much more easily.

Shambhala is not only a place; it is a spiritual path

To be gentle is to understand that life is a journey deserving constant attentiveness. Therefore it is gentleness that allows us to finish a marathon, not putting pressure on ourselves to immediately think about the next one. Gentleness is "just doing it" in such a way that we can do it again and again.

A part of my depression lies, I think, in my unanswered question: Where is home? I feel a sense, always, of trying to find my way back to a place that doesn't exist.

Religion is for people who don't want to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who've been there.