Daily Zen Quote - April 18, 2013

Buddhism counsels independence of thought...explains the whole reason of things, throwing a new and startling light on the mystery of life and death. No longer a baffling riddle, life becomes a wonderful gift that each man may shape for himself. He may ruin his life by wrongdoing, or he may make it a beautiful thing. Man is master of himself and his fate. He himself holds the key to the mystery of life.
~Nyogen Senzaki