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Caring About What You Are Doing Is Considered Either Unimportant Or Taken For Granted.

A Person Who Follows The Dharma Is Unpredictable Because The Dharma Is Unpredictable.

Peace Of Mind Produces Right Values, Right Values Produce Right Thoughts. Right Thoughts Produce Right Actions And Right Actions Produce Work Which Will Be A Material Reflection For Others To See Of The Serenity At The Center Of It All.

There Is A Perennial Classical Question That Asks Which Part Of The Motorcycle, Which Grain Of Sand In Which Pile, Is The Buddha. Obviously To Ask That Question Is To Look In The Wrong Direction, For The Buddha Is Everywhere. But Just As Obviously To Ask The Question Is To Look In The Right Direction, For The Buddha Is Everwhere.

To An Experienced Zen Buddhist, Asking If One Believes In Zen Or One Believes In The Buddha, Sounds A Little Ludicrous, Like Asking If One Believes In Air Or Water. Similarly Quality Is Not Something You Believe In, Quality Is Something You Experience.