Sacrament Of The Present Moment Quotes

“Just stick to the ordinary circumstances without labeling them ordinary. Be open to them with no desire to change them in any way. They are, in fact, already magical and miraculous. They are the revelation of the Absolute. The mountains, for instance, are already miracles. We don’t need a little angel on top of the mountain to make it more miraculous, so don’t make one up.”
― Francis Lucille, The Perfume of Silence

“The truth of life is just to live.”
― Dainin Katagiri, You Have to Say Something: Manifesting Zen Insight

“Our encounter with the moment is also an encounter with Eternity.”
― Ilie Cioara, The Wondrous Journey: Into the Depth of Our Being

“So we have to find the realm of buddhas within the realm of demons. In other words, in the realm of pain and suffering, we have to find the realm of peace and harmony. This is religious practice.”
― Dainin Katagiri, Each Moment Is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time

“Everydayness perfumes the depth of life, the huge ocean where all are interconnected, and makes your life mature. Then a new life arises from the depth and appears on the surface. So, by taking care of everydayness, you don’t make just the surface mature; you also make the depth of your life mature.”
― Dainin Katagiri, Each Moment Is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time

“The function of a university is to teach a [person] how to drink tea. not because anything is important, but because it is usual to drink tea, or for that matter anything else under the sun. And whatever you do, every act, however small, can teach you everything, provided you see who is acting.”
― Thomas Merton, Thomas Merton on Prayer

“Simply being active is not life.”
― Joan Chittister, The Monastic Heart: 50 Simple Practices for a Contemplative and Fulfilling Life

“People whose lives are not lived on the mountain peaks of the world commonly forget that the shallows have a beauty of their own.”
― Joan Chittister, The Monastic Heart: 50 Simple Practices for a Contemplative and Fulfilling Life