Where there are one thousand human beings, within one thousand ways of living, one thousand buddhas are revealed.  Buddha is revealed through mountains, valleys, trees, and grasses, through a multitude of phenomena.  The heart that can be revered in whatever form we see, in whatever direction we look, this is the true heart of Buddhism, this is Buddha life.



--from Novice To Master: An Ongoing Lesson in the Extent of My Own Stupidity, by Soko Morinaga Roshi