“skipped my meditation because of a headache and Fuji looked somber and lifeless … Today after a couple of hours of good meditation in a chair it’s grand and soaring again. A remarkable discovery: I have the power of life and death… — Roshi P. Kapleau Copy Share Image
“One day a man of the people said to Zen Master Ikkyu: “Master, will you please write for me some maxims of the highest wisdom?” Ikkyu immediately took his brush and wrote the word “Attention.” “Is that all?” asked the man. “Will you not add something more?” Ikkyu then wrote twice running: “Attention. Attention.” “Well,” remarked the man rather irritably,… — Roshi P. Kapleau Copy Share
“our mastery of worldly phenomena will simply change the particular ways we suffer and not our understanding of the nature of suffering.” — Roshi P. Kapleau Copy Share Image
“The patriarchal line is, then, a reminder of how deep cultural biases can run, in this case undercutting the core Buddhist teaching that all… — Roshi P. Kapleau Copy Share Image
“skipped my meditation because of a headache and Fuji looked somber and lifeless … Today after a couple of hours of good meditation in a chair… — Roshi P. Kapleau Copy Share Image
“You must cease concerning yourself with the dialects of Buddhism and instead learn how to look into your own mind in seclusion.” — Roshi P. Kapleau Copy Share Image
