Humble Pilgrim

“Am I not a man?  And is not a man stupid?  I’m a man, so I am married.  Wife, children, house, everything.  The full catastrophe.” ~ Zorba the Greek

"The Bodhisattva vow acknowledges confusion and chaos ~ aggression, passion, frustration, frivolousness ~ as part of the path. The path is like a busy, broad highway, complete with roadblocks, accidents, construction work, and police. It is quite terrifying. Nevertheless, it is majestic; it is the great path.

"From today onward until the attainment of enlightenment, I am willing to live with my chaos and confusion as well as with that of all other sentient beings. I am willing to share our mutual confusion."

The Bodhisattva is a very humble pilgrim who works in the soil of samsara to dig out the jewel embedded in it."

~ Chogyam Trungpa, The Myth of Freedom

Photo ~ Anthony Quinn in Alexis Zorbas (1964)