Novak, Philip. Zen Story: On his death-bed a Master was asked by his disciple and Dharmaheir: “Master, is there anything else that I need to know?” “No,” said the Master, “I am quite satisfied by and large. But there is one thing that still worries...
Novak, Philip, The Dhammapada, Sayings of the Buddha: All that we are is a result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel...
Ramakrishna, Hinduism, Philip Novak: You may ask: “How, then, can we arrive at any explanation of naturally caused misery, human viciousness, pervasive unhappiness?” The answer is that these forms of suffering, which one sincerely struggles to...
Mundaka Upanishad, Hinduism, Philip Novak: There are two birds, two sweet friends, who dwell on the self-same tree. The one eats the fruits thereof, and the other looks on in silence. The first is the human soul who, resting on that tree, though...