The uniqueness of zazen lies in this: that the mind is freed from bondage to all thought forms, visions, objects, and imaginings, however sacred or elevating, and brought to a state of absolute emptiness, from which alone it may one… — Philip Kapleau Copy Share Image
For the ordinary man, whose mind is a checkerboard of crisscrossing reflections, opinions, and prejudices, bare attention is virtually impossible; his life is thus… — Philip Kapleau Copy Share
Many have come to realization simply by listening to the tinkling of a bell or some other sound — Philip Kapleau Copy Share
Anyone familiar with the numerous accounts of the Buddha's extraordinary compassion and reverence for living beings - for example his insistence that his monks… — Philip Kapleau Copy Share
Mindfulness is a state wherein one is totally aware in any situation and so always able to respond appropriately. Yet one is aware of… — Philip Kapleau Copy Share
Die while alive And be thoroughly dead. Then do what you will, All is good. — Philip Kapleau Copy Share
To put the flesh of an animal into one's belly makes one an accessory after the fact of its slaughter, simply because if cows,… — Philip Kapleau Copy Share
Every individual who eats flesh food, whether an animal is killed expressely for him or not, is supporting the trade of slaughtering and contributing… — Philip Kapleau Copy Share
Ultimately the case for shunning animal flesh does not rest on what the Buddha allegedly said or didn't say. What is does rest on… — Philip Kapleau Copy Share
The uniqueness of zazen lies in this: that the mind is freed from bondage to all thought forms, visions, objects, and imaginings, however sacred… — Philip Kapleau Copy Share
Zen Master Dogen has pointed out that anxiety, when accepted, is the driving force to enlightenment in that it lays bare the human dilemma… — Philip Kapleau Copy Share
The truth is that everything is One, and this of course is not a numerical one. — Philip Kapleau Copy Share
To be reborn hourly and daily in this life, we need to die — to give of ourselves wholly to the demands of the… — Philip Kapleau Copy Share
To suppress the grief, the pain, is to condemn oneself to a living death. Living fully means feeling fully; it means becoming completely one… — Philip Kapleau Copy Share
Although we all possess the seeds of great love and compassion, without the light of the enlightened one's wisdom and the waters of their… — Philip Kapleau Copy Share
You yourself are time- your body, your mind, the objects around you. Plunge into the river of time and swim, instead of standing on… — Philip Kapleau Copy Share
