Wholeheartedness
194. DON’T WOBBLE
“When sitting, sit; when standing, stand. Above all, don’t wobble.”
ZEN SAYING
195. TOTAL WAY
“Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.”
CONFUCIUS (551–479BCE), CHINA
196. ALL ONE
“Thou shalt not separate thy being from the rest, but merge the ocean within the drop, the drop with the ocean.” TIBETAN BUDDHIST TEACHING
“A man who, although he has learned to abstain from overt immoral acts, still persists in nursing ill-will, harms himself by throwing dirt over himself, like an elephant after his bath.”
ASVAGHOSA (80–150), INDIA
198. THE NAGA-MONK
In Buddhism half-human, half-snake nagas can transform into humans. A legend tells of a naga in human form who was ordained as a monk. He was discovered by the Buddha, who forbade him to remain a monk. The naga was so sad not to be able to pursue enlightenment that out of compassion the Buddha taught him the Five Precepts, so that he could attain a human existence in his next life.
199. ALL OUT
“Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well.”
CHARLES DICKENS (1812–1870), ENGLAND
200. ENERGY
“Let a man be active, let him throw off this load of misery by faith, goodness, concentration and wisdom.”
THE DHAMMAPADA
