Zen Quotes
Shall you live authentically who you are or will you spend your allotted living the life of someone you imagine your self to be?
Perfection itself is not the ultimate goalbut the ultimate condition of life.
I have found so many angels trapped inside undisputed jargon that I find myself digging at the words, in order to release them, from the books that unfairly captured their soul.
She trailed behind Baba and Jiji as they left the palace, nightingales singing a sad farewell.
She was strangely unaware that she could look and see freshly for herself, as she wrote, without primary regard for what had been said before.
With life the truth is not what is right or wrong, but with life the truth is the process, where life unfolds in every individual, and takes him to the whole.
Shigemori's body of work is a compelling manifesto for continuous cultural renewal.
Perfectionists are neurotic people. The world is perfectly beautiful in its imperfection.
I'm born with wild horses in my head..With an imagination to conquer this world..I will not settle for comforts of a golden cage.
Clarity clattered into my thoughts and brought about a satori, an enlightenment, if you will.
Life is full of highs and lows. We need them both to grow to our fullest potential. Just hang on tight & enjoy the ride.
Sometimes it takes a miracle to remind us that the only permanent condition is that of impermanence.
They asked a wise man: Why don’t we ever hear you backbiting and slandering?He said: I’m still not happy with myself to start with others.
Every answer you ever need lies within your own silence..
It’s kind of like a Zen thing. Like playing the piano, or being a centipede in Heaven.
No ideals. No illusions. Just reality - but more perfect than you’ve ever imagined. That’s what being mindful and living in the present means.
There is no other space, no other time. This moment is all. In this moment the whole existence converges, in this moment all is available.
...it should be remembered that men always prize that most which is least enjoyed.
My intention is not to define a perfect life and then cause an unhappy analysis of what you are not doing correctly or are incapable of doing.
Three or four times, I have had the great death but my life is lived in the million tiny moments that make up the one dance
That's just the trouble, you make an effort to think about it. Concentrate entirely on your breathing, as if you had nothing else to do!
And the question of Wester religion, ” Flattery said, “is: What lies beyond death? But the question of the Zen master is: What lies beyond waking?
Soldiers falling fastBattle of white and scarletBlossoms on the ground
This is not a philosophy of not looking where one is going
Zen is nothing to get excited about.
One master defines Zen as the art of feeling the polar star in the southern sky. Truth can be reached only through the comprehension of opposites.
I am not important. If I take a break, no one dies. And this is A Good Thing.
Sharpen your sword daily, and let it serve your true master: YOU. You and the Master are one
To practice with an end in view is to have one eye on the practice and the other on the end, which is lack of concentration, lack of sincerity.
The brush must draw by itself. This cannot happen if one does not practice constantly. But neither can it happen if one makes an effort.
At the moment of giving birth to a child, is the mother separate from the child? You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.
Don't think of what you have to do, don't consider how to carry it out!" he exclaimed. "The shot will only go smoothly when it takes the archer himself by surprise.
Sing before the spirits and dance with the earth deitiesAnd you will be able to compose your own tune.Then you and I, united, will clap hands joyously, Singing 'tum-tiddly-um tum-tiddly-um-tum.
Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.
