“You realize you are in an environment that you must adapt to; the environment is not goin
“You realize you are in an environment that you must adapt to; the environment is not going adapt itself to you. If you are backpacking high up in the mountains, you adapt, go home, or die. In a Zen temple, you either adapt yourself to the procedures of that temple or you go home. There is no use arguing with anybody about it, as the rules are not going to change for you, and if you are stuck in your ego, it can be very difficult." —Adyashanti explores backpacking in deepest Reality in the Spring Issue: CHANGE & THE CHANGLESS.Read it here.Pictured: Landscape. Kanō Isen’in. Edo period, c. 1802-1816, ink and color on paper. Honolulu Museum of Art -- source link
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