This which is seeking is
That which is sought,
and
That which is sought is
This which is seeking.
Wei Wu Wei
Tag: core
Words which to me come closest to summarising what Buddhism is saying.
do what you do
Do what you do, and give the fruits of your action to me.
Krishna, Mahabarata
the whole universe
the whole universe consists of a cosmic Self playing hide-and-seek (Lila); hiding from itself (Maya) by becoming all the living and non-living things in the universe and forgetting what it really is — the upshot being that we are all IT in disguise.
from this conflict comes our chance
the physical level is there
the mental/spiritual level is there
and they are always in conflict, they always will be
from this conflict comes our chance —
it is the basis of change.
it is the basis of transformation.
His Holiness Dalai Lama, Teachings, McLeod Ganj, September 2007
by the delusions
It is delusion itself — in the form of wisdom derived from delusion — that actually destroys the delusions.
Similarly it is the blissful experience of emptiness induced by sexual desire that dissolves the force of sexual impulses.
This is analogous to the life of wood-born insects: they consume the very wood from which they are born.
Such utilization of the path to enlightenment is a unique feature of tantra.
gives the itch
What gives the child the itch has already given him the fingernails for scratching it.
— Igbo Proverb
Tometaxu 