“The Zen master Lin-Chi said that the miracle is not to walk on burning charcoal or in the thin air or on the water; the miracle is just to walk on earth. You breathe in. You become aware of the fact that you are alive. You are still alive and you are walking on this beautiful planet. That is already performing a miracle. The greatest of all miracles is to be alive. We have to awaken ourselves to the truth that we are here, alive. We are here making steps on this beautiful planet. This is already performing a miracle. (…)”
~ Thich Nhat Hanh, in Today We’re Performing a Miracle
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mario av added these pithy words on Jun 05 03 at 8:19 amSó uma coisa, corrige Ling Chi para Lin-Chi. Em japonês é Rinzai.
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