“ Zen teaches that if we can open up to the inevitability of our demise, we can begin to transform and lighten up about it. ...
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Zen teaches that if we can open up to the inevitability of our demise, we can begin to transform and lighten up about it.
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The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?
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This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.
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If you have inner peace, nobody can force you to be a slave to the outer reality.
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A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
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I’m here to tell you that the path to peace is right there, when you want to get away.
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Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
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Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.
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Recognize the ego for what it is: a collective dysfunction, the insanity of the human mind.
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Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.
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To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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In the stillness of the mind I saw myself as I am - unbound.
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Guilt, regret, resentment, sadness & all forms of nonforgiveness are caused by too much past & not enough presence.
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Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.
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Zen is not an art, it’s not a religion. It’s a realisation.
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You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.
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Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.
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Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about.
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What was never lost can never be found.
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Throughout this life, you can never be certain of living long enough to take another breath.
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Life is a journey. Time is a river. The door is ajar.
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One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand on the battlefield.
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Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.
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Practice is this life, and realization is this life, and this life is revealed right here and now.
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Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.
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Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.
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I come to realize that mind is no other than mountains and rivers and the great wide earth, the sun and the moon and stars.
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The world is its own magic.
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We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.
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When you plant a seed of love, it is you that blossoms.
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When you are present, you can allow the mind to be as it is without getting entangled in it.
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Don't seek, don't search, don't ask, don't knock, don't demand -- relax.
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You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
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Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it.
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Think with your whole body.
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In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
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The only thing that is ultimately real about your journey is the step that you are taking at this moment. That's all there ever is.
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In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.
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If you have a glass full of liquid you can discourse forever on its qualities, discuss whether it is cold, warm, whether it is really and truly composed of H-2-O, or even mineral water, or sake. Meditation is Drinking it!
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If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things, this is the best season of your life.
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Wherever you are, be there totally.
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Flow with whatever may happen, and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
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People living deeply have no fear of death.
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The truth knocks on the door and you say, Go away, I'm looking for the truth, and so it goes away. Puzzling.
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It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.
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My experience is that the teachers we need most are the people we're living with right now.
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Harmonizing opposites by going back to their source is the distinctive quality of the Zen attitude, the Middle Way: embracing contradictions, making a synthesis of them, achieving balance.
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