It is better to do your own duty badly than to perfectly do an others; when you do your duty, you are naturally free from sin.
Stephen MitchellIf you listen to the traffic with a clear mind, without any concepts, it is not noisy, it is only what it is.
Stephen MitchellWhat people love about life is its miraculous beauty; what they hate about death is the loss and decay around it. Yet losing is not losing, and decay turns into beauty, as beauty turns back into decay. We are breathed in, breathed out. Therefore all you need is to understand the one breath that makes up the world.
Stephen Mitchell