“It is the rub that polishes the jewel,” Enso Roshi says. “Nobody ever gets to nirvana without going through samsara. Nobody ever… — T. Scott McLeod Copy Share Image
“I don’t know where I’m going on this path. I don’t know what I’m doing with my life. You had to be… — T. Scott McLeod Copy Share Image
“When I was young, I lacked certainty, too,” he says. “I have the certainty, now, of not needing certainty. I have the… — T. Scott McLeod Copy Share Image
“You will bring yourself the suffering you need to bring yourself so that you may awaken.” — T. Scott McLeod Copy Share Image
“Maybe it’s something which can’t be defined,” Enso Roshi says. “Maybe it’s a question, to be lived.” — T. Scott McLeod Copy Share Image
“You had to break, to be unbroken. In the brokenness, I had found, that which was unbroken. That which was perfect, and beautiful, and… — T. Scott McLeod Copy Share Image
“There were so many beliefs which we had about the world, which then influenced everything, everything, about how we saw the world and interacted… — T. Scott McLeod Copy Share Image
“To hate the hate was just more hate; to reject the rejection was just more rejection; to judge the judging, just more judging.” — T. Scott McLeod Copy Share Image
“You can't resent another person for not giving you what you didn't ask for.” — T. Scott McLeod Copy Share Image
“The way is not clear, and it is when you do not have clarity, when this is allowed, that you will finally have clarity.” — T. Scott McLeod Copy Share Image
“And could you, from a place of love, actually stand up and, use force, to give someone back, the suffering, they were trying to… — T. Scott McLeod Copy Share Image
“It is the rub that polishes the jewel,” Enso Roshi says. “Nobody ever gets to nirvana without going through samsara. Nobody ever gets to… — T. Scott McLeod Copy Share Image