When it's cold, water freezes into ice; when it's warm, ice melts into water. Similarly, when you are confused, essence freezes into mind; when you are enlightened, mind melts into essence. — Muso Soseki Copy Share Image
“All worries and troubles have gone from my breast and I play joyfully far from the world For a person of Zen no limits… — Musō Soseki Copy Share Image
“Old age and death are in the natural course of things. There is nothing a doctor can do about them.” — Musō Soseki Copy Share Image
Those who seek liberation for themselves alone cannot become fully enlightened. Though it may be said that one who is not already liberated cannot… — Muso Soseki Copy Share Image
If the wrong person preaches a right teaching, even a right teaching can become wrong. If a right person expounds a wrong teaching, even… — Muso Soseki Copy Share Image
When there is no place that you have decided to call your own, then no matter where you go, you are always heading home. — Muso Soseki Copy Share Image
When a garden is used as a place to pause for thought, that is when a Zen garden comes to life. When you contemplate… — Muso Soseki Copy Share Image
The central benefit of Zen, in the context of ordinary ups and downs of life,is not in preventing the minus and promoting the plus,but… — Muso Soseki Copy Share Image
“It would be merciful for people not to come calling and disturb the loneliness of the mountains to which I have returned from the… — Muso Soseki Copy Share Image
When it's cold, water freezes into ice; when it's warm, ice melts into water. Similarly, when you are confused, essence freezes into mind; when… — Muso Soseki Copy Share Image
