"Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open
through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search
for love and wisdom."
A Zen master urged his students to practice diligently in order to transcend
the world of birth and death. A student asked him, "Sir, please tell us
how to transcend the world of birth and death." He said, "You have
to look for the world of no birth and no death." The student asked, "But
where can we find the world of no birth and no death?" "You look for
it right in the world of birth and death. The Buddha Dharma is in the world,
awakening is not apart from the world. If you seek Enlightenment apart from
the world, It is like seeking rabbit horns."