Everyday Dharma

Dogen:

“Those who see worldly life as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions.
They have not yet discovered that there are no everyday actions outside of Dharma.”

Alan Watts:

“You may believe yourself out of harmony with life and its eternal Now; but you cannot be, for you are life and exist Now—otherwise you would not be here. Hence the infinite Tao is something which you can neither escape by flight nor catch by pursuit; there is no coming toward it or going away from it; it is, and you are it. So become what you are.”

Patti Smith:

“I believe that we, that this planet, hasn’t seen its Golden Age. Everybody says its finished … art’s finished, rock and roll is dead, God is dead. Fuck that! This is my chance in the world. I didn’t live back there in Mesopotamia, I wasn’t there in the Garden of Eden, I wasn’t there with Emperor Han, I’m right here right now and I want now to be the Golden Age … if only each generation would realize that the time for greatness is right now when they’re alive … the time to flower is now.”