Do not just memorize...

Daily Buddhist Wisdom
	Do not just memorize sayings, recite words, and discuss Zen and the way based on books. The Zen way is not in books. Even if you can recite the teachings of the whole canon and all the masters and philosophers, they are just useless words of no avail when you are facing death. - Chien-ju

Delightful wilds...

	Daily Buddhist Wisdom
	Delightful wilds where the crowds don't delight, those free from passion delight, for they're not searching for sensual pleasures. - Dhammapada 7, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Conquer your foe...

Daily Buddhist Wisdom
	Conquer your foe by force, you increase his enmity; conquer by love, and you will reap no after-sorrow. - Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King

Don't be discriminatory...

	Daily Buddhist Wisdom
	Dont be discriminatory, dont keep a grasping and rejecting attitude. For this reason it is said, Truth has no comparison, because it is not relative to anything. - Hui-chung

You tell me to stand still...

Daily Buddhist Wisdom
	"You tell me to stand still, but I am not walking," he shouted, "whereas you who are walking say you are still. How is it that you are standing still but I am not?" The Buddha turned round. "My legs move but my mind is still," he said. "Your legs are still but your mind moves all the time in a fire of anger, hatred, and feverish desire. Therefore, I am still but you are not." - Majjhima Nikaya

The tangle's inside you....

Daily Buddhist Wisdom
	Not by matted hair, by clan, or by birth, is one a brahmin. Whoever has truth & rectitude: he is a pure one, he, a brahmin. What's the use of your matted hair, you dullard? What's the use of your deerskin cloak? The tangle's inside you. You comb the outside. - Dhammapada, 26, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

When you see a truck bearing down on you...

Daily Buddhist Wisdom
	When you see a truck bearing down on you, by all means jump out of the way. But spend some time in meditation, too. Learning to deal with discomfort is the only way you'll be ready to handle the truck you didn't see. - Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, "Mindfulness in Plain English"