Happiness only comes when you let go of who you think you are. If you think you're wealthy and powerful and noble… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If the Zen master sees that it will cause a person to progress, he will ask that person to do a task.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Zen Master was constantly attempting to break up concepts that people had about what it was like to be a spiritual… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There was a famous Zen master whom people would seek out to become enlightened. He was strict and would occupy people with… — Masaaki Hatsumi Copy Share Image
“A great Zen master said just before he died, "From the bathtub, to the bathtub, I have uttered stuff and nonsense." The… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
I seemed to recall some words from an old Zen master, something like, "My Zen cuts down mountains." My rejection of Buddhism… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
The Zen masters have the right idea-no pain no gain: thwack a silly nebbish and he'll remember it far longer and more… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
“Doing one thing at a time” is how one Zen Master defined the essence of Zen. Doing one thing at a time… — Eckhart Tolle 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
“She flapped her hands, anxious energy coursing through her. “How can you be so calm?” He got to his feet, unfolding with… — Angela Quarles Copy Share Image
If we had the consciousness of a cat or a dog, we would have it in us to become perfect Zen masters.… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
“Ordinary man to Zen Master Ikkyu: ‘‘Master, please write the maxims exemplifying the highest wisdom.’’ Ikkyu immediately writes the ideogram ‘‘Attention,’’ with… — James H. Austin 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
Zen is to religion what a Japanese "rock garden" is to a garden. Zen knows no god, no afterlife, no good and… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
“The essence of your mind is not born, so it will never die. It is not an existence, which is perishable. It… — Bassui Takusho Copy Share Image
We must recognize our own behavioral errors. To be blunt, you are not likely to become a cognitive Zen master anytime soon.… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
There are two primary ways of studying Zen. Either an individual will enter into a Zen monastery and study with a Zen… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When I go visit my brother monks in Japan and sit down with other Zen Masters, they look at my crazy clothes… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I can make a couple of good sandwiches: tuna salad and chopped egg salad. And Greek bean soup. I was a cook… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
The majority of the ten thousand states of mind cannot be discussed. It is rather a question of teaching a person to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Someone once inquired of a Far Eastern Zen master, who had a great serenity and peace about him no matter what pressures… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
“A recently deceased American Zen master and navy veteran, John Daido Loori, used to say that those who think Buddhism is just… — Mark Epstein 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
Inspiration comes from everything from the entire world, and it's hard to pinpoint one thing. I can trace one inspiration to the… — Ruth Ozeki 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… — Philip Kapleau 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
“Like a Zen master, she reduced to the essences: I do not need to walk around the Museum of Fine Arts; I… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
Hidden in all good fortune is misfortune. And in all misfortune is good fortune. It's never going to stay the same as… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
“Yang Shan (Kyo-zan) asked Wei Shan (I-san): 'What shall we do when hundreds, thousands, and millions of things beset us all at… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Take Away Their Stick If the other’s reaction to our No is to hurt or threaten us, our first instinct may be… — William Ury 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
“A Chinese Zen master[FN#230] tells us that the method of instruction adopted by Zen may aptly be compared with that of an… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“One day a man of the people said to Zen Master Ikkyu: “Master, will you please write for me some maxims of… — Roshi P. Kapleau Copy Share Image
“9. The Moon Cannot Be Stolen Ryokan, a Zen master, lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the… — Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps Copy Share Image
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