Faith does not ignore the facts, it ignores the power of the facts.
In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.
The coming and going of birth and death is a painting. Unsurpassed enlightenment is a painting. The entire phenomenal universe and the empty sky are nothing but a painting.
Mountains and oceans have whole worlds of innumerable wondrous features. We should understand that it is not only our distant surroundings that are like this, but even what is right here, even a single drop of water.
In a snowfall that covers the winter grass a white heron uses his own whiteness to disappear.
Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
Do not view mountains from the scale of human thought.
The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it.
History is philosophy teaching by example, and also warning; its two eyes are geography and chronology.
So if we can't express it or repress it, what do we do when we feel angry? The answer is to recognize the anger, but choose to respond to the situation differently. Easier said than done, right? Can you actually imagine trying to strong-arm your anger into another, more amicable feeling? It would never work. Determination alone won't work. It takes a new intelligence to understand and manage our emotions. By getting your head and heart in coherence and allowing the heart's intelligence to work for you, you can have a realistic chance of transforming your anger in a healthy way.
You have to have a lot of kids.