The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton (1975) Part One : Ceylon / November 29 - December 6

I am able to approach the Buddhas barefoot and undisturbed, my feet in wet grass, wet sand. Then the silence of the extraordinary faces. The great smiles. Huge and yet subtle. Filled with every possibility, questioning nothing, knowing everything, rejecting nothing, the peace not of emotional resignation but of Madhyamika, of sunyata, that has seen through every question without trying to discredit anyone or anything — without refutation — without establishing some other argument. For the doctrinaire, the mind that needs well-established positions, such peace, such silence, can be frightening.

Bertrand Russell

All roads lead home

Il ya des centaines de chemins d'accès sur le Mont

Il ya des centaines de sentiers dans la montagne,
menant tous dans la même direction,
de sorte qu'il n'a pas d'importance chemin que vous prenez.
La seule de perdre du temps est celui
qui tourne autour de et autour de la montagne,
disant à chacun que sa voie est fausse.

hindoue enseignement

There Are Hundreds Of Paths Up The Mountain

There are hundreds of paths up the mountain,
all leading in the same direction,
so it doesn't matter which path you take.
The only one wasting time is the one
who runs around and around the mountain,
telling everyone that his or her path is wrong.

Hindu teaching

Gosho for the day

If the spirit of many in body but one in mind prevails among the people, they
will achieve all their goals, whereas if one in body but different in mind, they
can achieve nothing remarkable.

(WND, 618)
Many in Body, One in Mind
Written to the lay priest Takahashi on August 6, year unknown

from "Daily Wisdom - from the writings of Nichiren Daishonin"

Two Reasons of Nichiren's Choice of the Lotus Sutra

After Nichiren took tonsure and became a priest, he studied Buddhism hard. Soon he had a question as follows. "Though there are many sects of Buddhism, what was the final intention of the Buddha Shakyamuni?" And he followed the saying in the Nirvaa.na Sutra that one should rely on the Law (sutras) and not upon persons (priests). So he was engaged in comparative studies of many sutras, and he came to the conclusion that the Lotus Sutra is the supreme sutra of all. [1]
    There are, Nichiren thought, two reasons why the Lotus Sutra is the supreme sutra of all. First, according to T'ien T'ai's doctrine of the five periods and eight teachings, the Lotus Sutra is the sutra which shows the final intention of the Buddha Shakyamuni. In the Immeasurable Meanings Sutra (Muryogi kyo), [2] a passage tells that all other sutras which have been taught before it, are not the final sutra and that they are inferior to it. And in the introduction of the Lotus Sutra, there is a suggestion that the Immeasurable Meanings Sutra was taught before the Lotus Sutra (L.S., p.5). And in Nirvaa.na Sutra, which was taught last by the Buddha Shakyamuni, there is a suggestion that the Lotus Sutra is superior to the Nirvaa.na Sutra (On Repaying Debts of Gratitude, W.N.D., p. 692). So Nichiren concluded that the Lotus Sutra is the supreme sutra of all.
    Secondly as for salvation of all sentient beings, in the Lotus Sutra there are two teachings which have not been taught in any other sutras. The first teaching is that persons of the two vehicles (Hiinayaanists) will be able to attain Buddhahood. These two kinds of persons can't attain Buddhahood in other Mahaayaana sutras. And the second teaching is that the Buddha Shakyamuni attained Buddhahood in reality at an inconceivable distant time in the past and has been saving sentient beings since then. So the Buddha Shakyamuni who was born in India was merely a provisional manifestation of that eternal Buddha Shakyamuni. Nichiren thought that the Lotus Sutra tells that the eternal Buddha and his first disciples, Bodhisattvas who rise up out of the ground, will save all sentient beings in the Latter Day of the Law when other sutras can't save. So the Lotus Sutra, Nichiren believed firmly, is the supreme sutra of all especially in the Latter Day of the Law.