Quotes of: Zen Keyword

The title of this Chautauqua is "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance," not "Zen and the Art of Mountain Climbing," and there are no motorcycles on the tops of mountains, and in my opinion very little Zen. Zen is the "spirit of the valley," not ...

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

If the feet of enlightenment moved, the great ocean would overflow; If that head bowed, it would look down upon the heavens. Such a body has no place to rest. . . . Let another continue this poem.

Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings

The object of Zen is not to kill all feelings and become anesthetized to pain and fear. The object of Zen is to free us to scream loudly and fully when it is time to scream.

How to Raise an Ox: Zen Practice as Taught in Zen Master Dogen's Shobogenzo, Including Ten Newly Translated Essays

The true purpose [of Zen] is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes... Zen practice is to open up our small mind.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

The idea of Zen is to catch life as it flows. There is nothing extraordinary or mysterious about Zen. I raise my hand ; I take a book from the other side of the desk ; I hear the boys playing ball outside my window; I see the clouds blown away beyond...

An Introduction to Zen Buddhism

Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.

The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

Zen practice is to open up our small mind.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

Activities such as chanting, bowing, and sitting in zazen are not at all wasted, even when done merely formally, for even this superficial encounter with the Dharma will have some wholesome outcome at a later time. However, it must be said in the mos...

How to Raise an Ox: Zen Practice as Taught in Zen Master Dogen's Shobogenzo, Including Ten Newly Translated Essays

Waves are the practice of the water.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

Can the water in the valleys ever stop and rest? When the water finally reaches the sea, it becomes great waves.

How to Raise an Ox: Zen Practice as Taught in Zen Master Dogen's Shobogenzo, Including Ten Newly Translated Essays

The Buddha is found in other people - even the ones we do not like very much.

How to Raise an Ox: Zen Practice as Taught in Zen Master Dogen's Shobogenzo, Including Ten Newly Translated Essays

For the beginner, practice without effort is not true practice.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

The prospect of future lives in remote heavens as a compensation for the inadequacy of our present lives is a bad tradeoff for losing out on the present.

How to Raise an Ox: Zen Practice as Taught in Zen Master Dogen's Shobogenzo, Including Ten Newly Translated Essays

14. Muddy Road Tanzan and Ekido were once traveling together down a muddy road. A heavy rain was still falling. Coming around a bend, they met a lovely girl in a silk kimono and sash, unble to cross the intersection. "Come on, girl," said Tanzan at o...

Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings

Let me give you a wonderful Zen practice. Wake up in the morning...look in the mirror, and laugh at yourself.

The Dude and the Zen Master

We enter a discipline like Zen practice so that we can learn to live in a sane way.

Everyday Zen: Love and Work

In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

To take this posture itself is the purpose of our practice.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

It is when your practice is rather greedy that you become discouraged with it.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

A mind full of preconceived ideas, subjective intentions, or habits it not open to things as they are.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice