All Its Might

Where: Bradford, VT
When: November 7, 2009
"Life must function as activity that manifests life as life... The lily blooming in the field - why does it bloom? It does not bloom for any particular purpose; it blooms solely because it has been given life...

The flowers blooming in the field do not feel with pride that they should win first prize in a beauty contest; they do not feel that they are in competition with the other flowers. The violet doesn't develop an inferiority complex... It simply manifests its own life force with all its might."

Kosho Uchiyama, "Opening the Hand of Thought; Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice"