Chi is developed through meditation, through studying with one who has a great deal of it. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Zen masters say you cannot see your reflection in running water, only in still water. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I stole this from Zen Master Suzuki Roshi: If it's not paradoxical it's not true!” — C.B. Murphy Copy Share Image
How many Zen masters does it take to screw in a light bulb? The plum tree in the garden! — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
“The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there. -Yasutani Roshi, Zen master (1885-1973)” — Yasutani Roshi 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
The Zen master can see precisely what it will take to cause your awareness to become free. But the Zen master can't… — 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
If you're very, very conservative and you like that sort of practice, go find a very conservative Zen master and just do… — 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
The teaching of the ten thousand states of mind, particularly as one advances further, is done through transmission. This is where we… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“He was, in his way, as close to a Zen master as I've ever had, and all of us who fell under… — Nora Ephron 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
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
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
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
Others have falsely claimed to be the inspiration for Tom Booker in The Horse Whisperer. The one who truly inspired me was… — Nicholas Evans Copy Share Image
We have been teaching together [with Kaz] now for more than twenty years in sesshins, in international travel programs in Japan and… — Joan Halifax 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
“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
“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
“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 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
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
“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
“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
I'm a Zen Master. I'm an occult teacher. I teach people how to become that, how to be perfect. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In the old days, Zen was not really practiced so much in a monastery. The Zen Master usually lived up on a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The samurais were very interested in Zen because they admired the tremendous precision that the Zen Masters had, their lack of fear… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
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