"There are many different responses ...."

There are many different responses to man’s daily needs, but for one who has grasped the way, his mind is not moved by phenomena. The essence of the mind is selfless and without desire, and thus at peace and undisturbed.

Issai Chozanshi

"There is ...."

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud.

Carl Sandler

"There's nothing different ...."

There’s nothing different in my everyday affairs;

I simply harmonise naturally with all.

With people and things, neither grasp nor throw away;

With places or circumstances, be neither removed or intimate.

Crimson and purple – who’s concerned with these?

The blue-green mountains have not one hint of grime;

Miraculous powers along with marvelous effects:

Drawing water and carrying firewood.

Layman P’ang

"Each and every thing ...."

Each and every thing has been granted food and a lodging place that will not cause it problems. To go beyond itself and envy other beings would be turning its back on heaven.

But rather, following good and bad fortune or prosperity and decline as one meets them, and calming enjoying oneself in the midst of creation and change: this is the greatest happiness under heaven.

Issai Chozanshi