“Mycket Folk Skulle Komma Både Från Lönneberga Och Andra Håll.” (Emil I  Lönneberga)

When you know illusion, you will immediately be free. Freedom from illusion is in itself enlightenment. - Tri huyễn tức ly. Ly huyễn tức giác.

Phật, Kinh Viên Giác (Buddha, The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment)

Biết nó là giả (huyễn) bèn ly cái khổ. Ly được cái huyễn tức là người giác ngộ.

Trích từ phần bình luận quẻ DỰ trong quyển Chu Dịch Giảng Bình của Bs Nhân Tử Nguyễn Văn Thọ, quyển 2, sách Ronéo, Saigon, 1974, tr. 16-26.

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As long as you’re going to be writing anyway, write impressive.

Hoàn khố bất ngạ tử Nho quan đa ngộ thân. -  紈褲不餓死 儒冠多誤身.

Đỗ Phủ, Phụng tặng Vi Tả Thừa (杜甫, 奉贈韋左丞)

1 week of creating a mandala in 8 minutes

The Surprising Psychology of Smiling

Natural or fake, each smile tells you something important about its wearer.

(Some science of smiling, certainly not another "how to read (and fake) a smile" article)

“The “science of smiling” as such was initiated by Charles Darwin. He noticed that the cause, consequences and manifestations of smiling is universal whereas many other nonverbal of body language behaviors (like gestures or touch) differ between cultures and are therefore probably learnt. Babies born blind smile like sighted infants. We begin smiling at five weeks: babies learn that crying gets attention of adults but smiling keeps it.“

In Zen circles, people say: "Before I became a practitioner, I saw mountain as mountains and rivers as rivers. When I began to practice, I no longer saw mountain as mountains and rivers as rivers; I began to see their interbeing nature. After I atttained the Path, I again saw mountain as mountains and rivers as rivers, but now my view is clearer, my understanding is brighter. I'm no longer caught in the view that the mountain is only the mountain and the river is only the river. Now I really see them, I see their true nature."

Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen Battles: Modern Commentary on the Teachings of Master Linji