Zen Llamas (And Alpacas). Gautama Buddha

      HAPPINESS41

      Verse 26: “Old pond A frog jumps in...”43

      Verse 27: “If by renouncing a lesser happiness one may...”44

      Verse 28: “Entangled by the bonds of hate, he who...”45

      Verse 29: “Happy indeed we live, we who possess...”46

      Verse 30: “Relax. Nothing is under control...”47

      Verse 31: “Think: Happy, at rest, may all beings be...”49

      Table of Contents

      Verse 32: “Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon...”50

      Verse 33: “Set your heart on doing good. Do it...”51

      Verse 34: “Radiate boundless love towards the entire...”52

      Verse 35: “This holy life is lived, not for the sake...”53

      Verse 36: “We seek happiness in external things without...”55

      Verse 37: “Making others happy is not a question of...”56

      Verse 38: “While many people consider sensory experience...”57

      Verse 39: “If you develop a pure and sincere motivation...”58

      Verse 40: “I often ask myself what is the purpose of our...”59

      Verse 41: “They don’t sorrow over the past...”61

      Verse 42: “Whoever’s heart, all day, all night...”62

      Verse 43: “It’s good, the doing of the deed...”63

      Verse 44: “What laughter, why joy...”64

      Verse 45: “How very happily we live...”65

      Verse 46: “Sitting alone, resting alone...”66

      Verse 47: “Painful is communion with fools...”67

      VIRTUE69

      Verse 48: “Virtue is good all the way through old...”71

      Verse 49: “The first cold shower...”72

      Verse 50: “Whether walking, standing,...”73

      Verse 51: “Through initiative, heedfulness,...”74

      Verse 52: “Nothing ever goes away until it has taught...”75

      Verse 53: “If you are going through hard times, often...”77

      Verse 54: “Just as a bee in a flower...”78

      Verse 55: “The search for happiness is one of the...”79

      Verse 56: “Better to live one day virtuous and...”80

      Verse 57: “Who you are is always right...”81

      Verse 58: “No flower’s scent goes against the wind...”83

      Verse 59: “On a leafless branch...”84

      Verse 60: “Should a seeker not find a companion who...”85

      Verse 61: “Should you find a wise critic to point...”86

      Verse 62: “Purity and impurity depend on oneself...”87

      Verse 63: “Just as a solid rock is not shaken by...”89

      Verse 64: “In the present circumstances, no one...”90

      Verse 65: “If there’s no wound on the hand,...”91

      Verse 66: “These mountains that you are carrying...”93

      TRUTH95

      Verse 67: “A fool with a sense of his foolishness...”97

      Verse 68: “There came a time when the risk to...”98

      Verse 69: “Better than a thousand useless verses...”99

      Verse 70: “For a liar who has violated the one law...”100

      Verse 71: “Those who cling to perceptions and views...”101

      Verse 72: “The calmed say that what is well-spoken...”103

      Verse 73: “Not being known doesn’t stop the truth...”104

      Verse 74: “They blame those who remain silent, they...”105

      Verse 75: “Be honest, truthful, and altruistic...”106

      Verse 76: “Understanding is the heartwood of well-spoken...”107

      Verse 77: “Most of the shadows of this life are...”109

      Verse 78: “Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer badness...”110

      Verse 79: “No pleasure is comparable to standing upon...”111

      Verse 80: “The resistance to the unpleasant situation...”112

      Verse 81: “Nothing is so firmly believed as what we...”113

      Verse 82: “Let go, or be dragged....”115

      Verse 83: “What the superior man seeks is in himself...”116

      Verse 84: “Speak only endearing speech, speech that is...”117

      Verse 85: “The practice of Zen is forgetting the self...”118

      Verse 86: “I have lived with several Zen masters—all...”119

      Verse 87: “All know the way, but few actually walk it. ...”121

      Verse 88: “Nature does not hurry, yet everything...”122

      Verse 89: “Be kind whenever possible. It is always...”123

      Verse 90: “Now I know what success is: living your truth...”124

      Verse 91: “I don’t hold on to anything, don’t reject...”125

      Verse 92: “We are here to awaken from our illusion of...”127

      ETERNITY129

      Verse 93: “A teacher affects eternity; he can never...”131

      Verse 94: “Arise! Do not be heedless! Lead a righteous...”132

      Verse 95: “The snow of yesterday...”133

      Verse 96: “All conditioned things are impermanent—when...”134

      Verse 97: “A world of dew,...”135

      Verse 98: “Do you have the patience to wait until...”137

      Verse 99: “Forget the years, forget distinctions...”138

      Verse 100: “Life is a balance of holding on and letting...”139

      Verse 101: “The world is afflicted by death and decay...”140

      Verse 102: “We experience happiness on a sensory level...”141

      Verse 103: “From my rotting body, flowers shall grow...”143