When Zen masters say 'effortlessness' they are referring to the state when your enlightenment is well rooted. Now there is no need… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Before I had studied Zen for thirty years, I saw mountains as mountains, and waters as waters. When I arrived at a… — Li Ching-Yuen Copy Share Image
In deep self-acceptance grows a compassionate understanding. As one Zen master said when I asked if he ever gets angry, 'Of course… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Until today, it really pissed me off that I'd become this totally centered Zen Master and nobody had noticed. Still, I'm doing… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
In Old Zen, the Zen Master would do literally anything to break down the concept of what the study was. He would… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“In 1973 the companies and individuals later to be identified with the advent of the personal computer were otherwise engaged. IBM was… — Michael A. Hiltzik Copy Share Image
The way of Zen is to become independent and strong. Don't rely on others for perceptions of life and truth. Do it… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We throw you as many as you want, in this profession, and the more you want the more we'll give you, until… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“A belligerent samurai, an old Japanese tale goes, once challenged a Zen master to explain the concept of heaven and hell. The… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
It’s interesting to look at your children as line-in Zen masters who can put their finger on places where you’re resistant, or… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“Meditation begins now , right here . It can't begin someplace else or at some other time. To paraphrase the great Zen… — Steve Hagen Copy Share Image
This building we're in has doors and windows. If we close the doors and windows, we can't get out. People lock themselves… — Bill Porter Copy Share Image
“Whether pilgrim or wayfarer, while seeking to be taught the Truth (or something), the disciple learns only that there is nothing that… — Sheldon B. Kopp Copy Share Image
“Many experts lose the creativity and imagination of the less informed. They are so intimately familiar with known patterns that they may… — Gavin de Becker Copy Share Image
“5. If You Love, Love Openly Twenty monks and one nun, who was named Eshun, were practicing meditation with a certain Zen… — Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps Copy Share Image
“When we talk about the theology of 'God is Dead,' this means that the notion of God must be dead in order… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“Meditation does not have to be long or complicated for you to receive its benefits. If you haven’t done it before, I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When one of the emperors of China asked Bodhidharma (the Zen master who brought Zen from India to China) what enlightenment was,… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
A Zen master, when asked where he would go after he died, replied, 'To Hell, for that's where help is needed most.' — Philip Kapleau Copy Share Image
If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Chi is developed through meditation, through studying with one who has a great deal of it. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Zen is not a religion. There is no room for a cult. There is no dependence on a teacher. There is only… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Like the moon on the water, in a way. When you confront a Zen master, what you're really seeing are not his… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
You know I've been in these tabloids for years now. And at some point you just become a Zen master of it… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
One Zen master said, The whole universe is my true personality. This is a very wonderful saying... If you want to see… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the most beloved Buddhist teachers in the West, a rare combination of mystic,… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
The story of the Zen Master whose only response was always "Is that so?" shows the good that comes through inner nonresistance… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time an academic scientist went to visit a Zen Master, famous for being very wise. After greeting the scholar,… — Jeffrey Armstrong Copy Share Image
The Zen Master warns: 'If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him!' This admonition points up that no meaning that… — Sheldon B. Kopp Copy Share Image
Everyone needs a spiritual guide: a minister, rabbi, counselor, wise friend, or therapist. My own wise friend is my dog. He has… — Gary A. Kowalski Copy Share Image
“MY BOSS SENDS me home because of all the dried blood on my pants, and I am overjoyed. The hole punched through… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“In contrast to advice, our UN-VICE is not a suggestion of behavior or a mandate. Instead, our UN-VICE is a way to… — Roger Spitz Copy Share Image
