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> [What has happened by chance is often difficult to repeat when it is sought deliberately. Chance is a genius.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katsuki-sekida/what-has-happened-by-chance-is-often-difficult-to-repeat-when-it-is/)

[Katsuki Sekida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katsuki-sekida/)

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## More by Katsuki Sekida

> [“One may practice zazen for twenty, thirty, even fifty years, and go through failures and frustrations, but every defeat and time of despair is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katsuki-sekida/one-may-practice-zazen-for-twenty-thirty-even-fifty-years-and-go/)

[Katsuki Sekida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katsuki-sekida/)

> [“Zen is above all a matter of personal experience. The student is asked to accept nothing the truth of which he cannot demonstrate for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katsuki-sekida/zen-is-above-all-a-matter-of-personal-experience-the-student-is-asked/)

[Katsuki Sekida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katsuki-sekida/)

> [The occurrence of an evil thought is an affliction; not to continue it is the remedy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katsuki-sekida/the-occurrence-of-an-evil-thought-is-an-affliction-not-to-continue-it/)

[Katsuki Sekida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katsuki-sekida/)

> [Zen is not, in my view, philosophy or mysticism. It is simply a practice of readjustment of nervous activity. That is, it restores the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katsuki-sekida/zen-is-not-in-my-view-philosophy-or-mysticism-it-is-simply-a-practice/)

[Katsuki Sekida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katsuki-sekida/)

> [What has happened by chance is often difficult to repeat when it is sought deliberately. Chance is a genius.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katsuki-sekida/what-has-happened-by-chance-is-often-difficult-to-repeat-when-it-is/)

[Katsuki Sekida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katsuki-sekida/)

> [You know the Zen question, 'The Bodhisattva of Great Mercy' has a thousand hands and a thousand eyes; 'which is the true eye?' I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katsuki-sekida/you-know-the-zen-question-the-bodhisattva-of-great-mercy-has-a/)

[Katsuki Sekida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katsuki-sekida/)

> [“To cast off the delusive way of ordinary consciousness while sitting on a cushion in a quiet room is only the beginning. The student…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katsuki-sekida/to-cast-off-the-delusive-way-of-ordinary-consciousness-while-sitting/)

[Katsuki Sekida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katsuki-sekida/)

> [“While you are conscious of being a Buddha, you are not truly a Buddha, because you are ensnared by the idea. You are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katsuki-sekida/while-you-are-conscious-of-being-a-buddha-you-are-not-truly-a-buddha/)

[Katsuki Sekida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katsuki-sekida/)

> [“Zen training is a means of enabling us to live our ordinary lives supremely well.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katsuki-sekida/zen-training-is-a-means-of-enabling-us-to-live-our-ordinary-lives/)

[Katsuki Sekida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katsuki-sekida/)

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