Pure Mountain Tao

The human certainly enjoys thinking how brilliant he is. He is quick to give credit to himself for the latest progress he has made. We send a spaceship millions of miles away, yet people on earth are starving while others eat heartily. We brag on how insightful we are, yet cannot see far enough to cease human suffering. We are quick to offer opinions, but slow to realize the truth.

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The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.
–Robert M. Pirsig

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What kind of attitude should you have towards meditation? One with the idea of no gain. Of course we will gain something or there would be no point to doing it, however we should not set expectations, try to measure progress, or wonder where we are on the path to enlightenment. Such thinking only throws roadblocks in our path.