To be reborn hourly and daily in this life, we need to die — to give of ourselves wholly to the demands… — Philip Kapleau Copy Share Image
You yourself are time- your body, your mind, the objects around you. Plunge into the river of time and swim, instead of… — Philip Kapleau Copy Share Image
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 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 Image
Many have come to realization simply by listening to the tinkling of a bell or some other sound — Philip Kapleau Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Die while alive And be thoroughly dead. Then do what you will, All is good. — Philip Kapleau Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The truth is that everything is One, and this of course is not a numerical one. — Philip Kapleau Copy Share Image
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 Image
