This Is Dao.

This is Dao.

"It is important to maintain your equanimity. You cannot let yourself get too ‘up’ or too ‘down’ based on your circumstances." “Too ‘down’ I understand. But why not too ‘up?’” “Because the higher your mountains are, the deeper your valleys will seem. You should not react to the world. You should respond, but not react. A response is an action based on logic. A reaction is an emotional state. Your reaction will not change the world. Your reaction only changes you. Your response will change the world.”

The wise are good to the good, but also are good to the bad. Wise people trust those who trust, but also trust those who do not trust... Goodness and trust are the very nature of the Path. -Paraphrasing from the old man, chapter 49.

It reminds me a great deal of the quote from Nietzsche, where one must take care not to fight monsters, lest you become a monster yourself. I believe that people should be judged by how they treat their enemies, as this is the clearest indication of one's character. Eye for an eye and all that. I do have a tendency to explain quotes with other quotes, apologies for that.

She is detached from all things; that is why she is one with them. Because she has let go of herself, she is perfectly fulfilled

Tao Te Ching (via samsaranmusing)

always room to reblog the old man.

There is no greater, no lesser; just be.

Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.”

Shunryu Suzuki (via buddhazen101)

Chop wood, carry water.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/U68bZbMM7q8?feature=oembed

Sendak On Death (And Life) (by efwffw fewfwf)

Some good words on truth, life, and non-life.