Today, blood work and science are able to provide more of a movie of your health, identifying trends before they become an issue.
Zen is the game of insight, the game of discovering who you are beneath the social masks.
There is nothing intrinsically more beautiful or poetical about the moon than about a dunghill; if anything, the contrary, for the latter is full of life and warmth and energy.
Regarding R. H. Blyth: Blyth's four volume Haiku became especially popular at this time [1950's] because his translations were based on the assumption that the haiku was the poetic expression of Zen. Not surprisingly, his books attracted the attention of the Beat school, most notably writers such as Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder and Jack Kerouac, all of whom had a prior interest in Zen.
Regarding R. H. Blyth: The first book in English based on the saijiki is R. H. Blyth's Haiku, published in four volumes from 1949 to 1952. After the first, background volume, the remaining three consist of a collection of Japanese haiku with translations, all organized by season, and within the seasons by traditional categories and about three hundred seasonal topics.
We that change, hate change. And we that pass, love what abides. Ashes, darkness, dust.
Perfect does not mean perfect actions in a perfect world, bur appropriate actions in an imperfect one.
Volcanic ash will be experienced in all parts of your world, as the volcanoes around your earth are simultaneously activated. Face masks and goggles will be of great value
Eating has always come up whenever and wherever. Maybe it's because we're girls, we have a lot of interest in eating.
I am the eggman They are the eggmen! I am the walrus!
Americans have no capacity for abstract thought, and make bad coffee.