Our seeds are in our minds and hearts.
if moistened, all will sprout.
-Huai-Jang
The smallest seed
corresponds to the concept of the burden of the world.
-Agni Yoga Society, Brotherhood
Flowers fall with our attachment,
and weeds spring up with our aversion.
-Dogen
A weed is a treasure
and a treasure is a weed.
By valuing some things and not others,
the value of everything is missed.
-Zen Saying
and a treasure is a weed.
By valuing some things and not others,
the value of everything is missed.
-Zen Saying
You plant the seed, water it, tend it, nourish it,
weed it and see that no animal coms to destroy it.
The rest is not in your hands.
Growth is not in your hands, leaves are not in your hands,
flowers are not in your hands, fruits are not in your hands.
It will come in time.
It will take care of itself.
The only thing you can do is to water, that's all you can do.
The result of Sadhana will take care of itself.
Self-realization, God-realization, peace, all will come to you naturally in time.
Don't worry about that.
That's called taking care of the plant.
-Vishnudevananda
weed it and see that no animal coms to destroy it.
The rest is not in your hands.
Growth is not in your hands, leaves are not in your hands,
flowers are not in your hands, fruits are not in your hands.
It will come in time.
It will take care of itself.
The only thing you can do is to water, that's all you can do.
The result of Sadhana will take care of itself.
Self-realization, God-realization, peace, all will come to you naturally in time.
Don't worry about that.
That's called taking care of the plant.
-Vishnudevananda
I find one vast garden spread out all over the universe.
All plants, all human beings, all higher mind bodies
are about in this garden in various ways,
each has his own uniqueness and beauty.
Their presence and variety give me great delight.
Every one of you adds with his special feature
to the glory of the garden.
-Ananandamayi Ma
How reluctantly
the bee emerges from deep
within the peony
-Matsuo Basho
That man's life is but a dream -
is what we now come to know.
Its house abandoned,
the garden has become home
to butterflies.
-Sougi
Eden which is the Wisdom of God.
-Philo
