Happiness Regardless of Conditions
"The sage accompanies and welcomes all that happens, both that which is arising and that which is dying...This is why his joy is unconditional."
-- Feng Yu-Lan
"Thought is not the enemy. Your enemy is the lack of moment-to-moment clarity about the arising and passing of thought. Thought is every bit as much part of the flow of nature as body sensations are. Indeed, your entire being is part of nature...In enlightenment, the unconsciousness and fixation associated with ideas and body sensations which produce a sense of self get eliminated. The sense of self becomes a home rather than a prison. You can come and go freely."
