Tagged

1) Grab the nearest book.
2) Open the book to page 123.
3) Find the fifth sentence.
4) Post the text of the next four sentences on your blog along with these instructions
5) Don’t you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet. Just pick up whatever is closest.
6) Tag five people.

The closest book is on my desk, next to the keyboard I’m typing on.  It is a cool book, so nyan nyan nyan to number 5.

From The Little Zen Companion:  Page 123.

The Four Vows:

However innumerable sentient beings, I vow to save them all.

However inexhaustible the passions, I vow to extinguish them all.

However immeasurable the dharmas, I vow to master them all.

However incomparable the Buddha’s truth, I vow to attain it.

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I tag: snow peanut.  sylverling.  Luna.  fleurt.  ricechexie. 

Holy smokes, Sassy, and Blue Bird, you too, please.

Anyone else who would like to, please do.

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