Student (S) Master (M)   S: Master, I can see in your eyes, and in your ways, that you are not afraid. How did you become this way? M: I do not know. S: Why are you not afraid? M: I do not know. S: I am afraid. M: I understand. S: Does it seem […]

Wisdom arises In a sincere heart.   He who moves with sincerity, His steps tend to be assured.   Seeking not pretense, Or favor, Or well wishes, He is propelled by an unseen force Toward it.   It cannot be said What any man should do Or say . . .   It cannot be […]

He was once asked, How much he loved his son.   He said he did not know, But that it was something other than love.   He called it, A Different Kind Of Feeling.   He said that if his son Sent him to prison He would write him every day From his prison cell. […]

The clock ticks And ticks.   Then at one particular moment The ticking stops.   The last tick Was the last tick.   Man’s life Is on a timer.   Like the timer At a whirlpool   The water is swirling, The bubbles are rolling. Then in one tick, The timer stops. The water turns […]

Things in this life From the spiritual to the worldly Are mired in Untruth.   For their allegiance Is to things Other than Truth.   A True monastery Would have neither a hierarchy Nor a commune.   The humans set apart By Sincerity Rather than skill.   A True monastery Would have no use for […]

It is the most immediate priority Not by way of imposition Or force.   It is the most immediate priority Not by way of recommendation Or suggestion.   It is the most immediate priority Because of the knife at the neck That is man’s daily experience.   It is the most immediate priority Because it […]

Whether it is in this life Or a life eons into the future . . . There is An Arrival.   For millennia He roams as one Who did not know.   For millennia He roams as one Who is . . . Subject.   Subject to illusion. Subject to assault. Subject to suffering. Subject […]

Every human Is on a desperate search for happiness Every minute of the day.   It is understandable. Why would he not want such a thing.   The trouble is not That he searches.   The trouble lies In finding it.   Where will he find it.   He will search for it in relationship. […]

There are those In human history Who are Giants of Man.   They display The Ultimate Possibility Of Man.   Not by way of ego Or fame Or popularity Or following . . .   But by a pure devotion And the rarest of human DNA.   A Buddha . . . A Jesus . […]

A teacher sits Before a collection of students.   The teacher speaks words And the student attempts to learn the words.   This is what has been happening In this world Since the beginning of time.   This is what occurs in the world Today.   This is the concept And the structure That is […]