Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Can there be anything more grand than the magnificent mountains?! And we are fortunate in California to have one of the grandest mountain ranges, the Sierra Nevadas. Its grandest and tallest peak is the tallest in the contiguous 48 states, Mt. Whitney, and it… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Grand”
Many paths lead from the foot of the mountain, but at the peak we all gaze at the single bright moon. – Ikkyu – Zen-monk poet, 1394-1481
From of old there were not two paths. “Those who have arrived” all walked the same road. -Zenrin, The Gospel According to Zen
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. – Nelson Mandela
From of old there were not two paths. “Those who have arrived” all walked the same road. -Zenrin, The Gospel According to Zen
God guides those who seek [God’s] good pleasure into the ways of peace, bringing them out from the shadows into the light by {God’s] act of will and guiding them into a straight path. The Qur’an
It was not like taking the veil, no solemn abjuration of the world, I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay till sundown for going out I found that I was really going in. – John Muir
If you light a lamp for someone else, it will also brighten your path. – The Buddha
Take more time, cover less ground. -Thomas Merton, Dancing in the Waters of Life