If there is no self, whose arthritis is this?



 Be here now.  Be someplace else later.  Is that so complicated?



 Drink tea and nourish life; with the first sip, joy; with the second
sip, satisfaction; with the third sip, peace; with the fourth, a Danish.



 Wherever you go, there you are.  Your luggage is another story.



 Accept misfortune as a blessing.  Do not wish for perfect health, or a
life without problems.  What would you talk about?



 The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single Oy.



  There is no escaping karma.  In a previous life, you never called, you
never wrote, you never visited.  And whose fault was that?



 Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do
you have?  Bupkis.



 The Tao does not speak.  The Tao does not blame.  The Tao does not
take sides.  The Tao has no expectations.  The Tao demands nothing
of others. The Tao  is not Jewish.



 Breathe in.  Breathe out.  Breathe in.  Breathe out.  Forget this and
attaining Enlightenment will be the least of your problems.



 Let your mind be as a floating cloud.  Let your stillness be as a wooded
glen.   And sit up straight.  Youll never meet the Buddha with such rounded
shoulders.



Deep inside you are ten thousand flowers. Each flower blossoms ten thousand
times. Each blossom has ten thousand petals.*(You might want to see a
specialist.)*



 The Torah says, Love your neighbor as yourself.
The Buddha says, "There is no self."  So, maybe were off the hook.