Belmonte ~ Thursday, 16 August 2018

"My firmest conviction, my superstition if you like, is that it's no use trying to keep out of trouble. It is better to offer yourself boldly for destiny to do its worst. If I can think about a misfortune until it becomes a familiar companion, and if I have enough courage to live it in all its intensity in my imagination, I have beaten it before it happens." (p. 227) 
~ Juan Belmonte.

Killer of Bulls: The Autobiography of a Matador, by Juan Belmonte. Translated from the Spanish by Leslie Charteris, Copyright 1937, Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc.

Dōgen ~ Wednesday, 8 August 2018

Rational Zen: The Mind of Dōgen Zenji

Translated and Presented by Thomas Cleary
Shambhala Publications, Inc.
Boston and London 
© 1992 by Thomas Cleary

Universal Book of Eternal Peace 
Selections from Eihei Kōroku

1

The years of a lifetime are a flash of lightning; who clings to objects? They are empty through and through. Even if you care for the nose hung in front of your face, still be careful and value every moment to work on enlightenment. (p. 43) 

4

Supreme enlightenment is not for oneself, not for others, not for fame, not for gain. To nevertheless seek unexcelled enlightenment wholeheartedly and singlemindedly, perservering without regressing, is called "awakening the mind for enlightenment." (p. 44)