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> [Human beings are afraid of dying. They are always running after something: money, honor, and pleasure. But if you had to die now, what would you want?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taisen-deshimaru/human-beings-are-afraid-of-dying-they-are-always-running-after/)

[Taisen Deshimaru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taisen-deshimaru/)

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## More by Taisen Deshimaru

> [You must concentrate upon and consecrate yourself wholly to each day, as though a fire were raging in your hair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taisen-deshimaru/you-must-concentrate-upon-and-consecrate-yourself-wholly-to-each-day/)

[Taisen Deshimaru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taisen-deshimaru/)

> [We feel our shell keeps us safe, but it crushes us and others, and keeps out light and sun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taisen-deshimaru/we-feel-our-shell-keeps-us-safe-but-it-crushes-us-and-others-and/)

[Taisen Deshimaru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taisen-deshimaru/)

> [We should learn to think with our fingers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taisen-deshimaru/we-should-learn-to-think-with-our-fingers/)

[Taisen Deshimaru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taisen-deshimaru/)

> [Human beings are afraid of dying. They are always running after something: money, honor, and pleasure. But if you had to die now, what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taisen-deshimaru/human-beings-are-afraid-of-dying-they-are-always-running-after/)

[Taisen Deshimaru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taisen-deshimaru/)

> [Harmonizing opposites by going back to their source is the distinctive quality of the Zen attitude, the Middle Way: embracing contradictions, making a synthesis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taisen-deshimaru/harmonizing-opposites-by-going-back-to-their-source-is-the/)

[Taisen Deshimaru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taisen-deshimaru/)

> [The body moves naturally, automatically, without any personal intervention or awareness. If we think too much, our actions become slow and hesitant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taisen-deshimaru/the-body-moves-naturally-automatically-without-any-personal/)

[Taisen Deshimaru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taisen-deshimaru/)

> [From your first day at school you are cut off from life to make theories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taisen-deshimaru/from-your-first-day-at-school-you-are-cut-off-from-life-to-make/)

[Taisen Deshimaru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taisen-deshimaru/)

> [You cannot separate any part from the whole: interdependence rules the cosmic order.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taisen-deshimaru/you-cannot-separate-any-part-from-the-whole-interdependence-rules-the/)

[Taisen Deshimaru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taisen-deshimaru/)

> [Think with your whole body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taisen-deshimaru/think-with-your-whole-body/)

[Taisen Deshimaru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taisen-deshimaru/)

> [Nobody today is normal, everybody is a little bit crazy or unbalanced, people's minds are running all the time. Their perceptions of the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taisen-deshimaru/nobody-today-is-normal-everybody-is-a-little-bit-crazy-or-unbalanced/)

[Taisen Deshimaru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taisen-deshimaru/)

> [If you have a glass full of liquid you can discourse forever on its qualities, discuss whether it is cold, warm, whether it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taisen-deshimaru/if-you-have-a-glass-full-of-liquid-you-can-discourse-forever-on-its/)

[Taisen Deshimaru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taisen-deshimaru/)

> [During zazen, brain and consciousness become pure. It's exactly like muddy water left to stand in a glass. Little by little, the sediment sinks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taisen-deshimaru/during-zazen-brain-and-consciousness-become-pure-it-s-exactly-like/)

[Taisen Deshimaru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taisen-deshimaru/)

> [You have to practice until you die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taisen-deshimaru/you-have-to-practice-until-you-die/)

[Taisen Deshimaru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taisen-deshimaru/)

> [Zen is not a particular state but the normal state: silent, peaceful, unagitated. In Zazen neither intention, analysis, specific effort nor imagination take place.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taisen-deshimaru/zen-is-not-a-particular-state-but-the-normal-state-silent-peaceful/)

[Taisen Deshimaru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taisen-deshimaru/)

> [The silence of the mountain is even more beautiful once the birds are quiet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taisen-deshimaru/the-silence-of-the-mountain-is-even-more-beautiful-once-the-birds-are/)

[Taisen Deshimaru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taisen-deshimaru/)

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