“One may practice zazen for twenty, thirty, even fifty years, and go through failures and frustrations, but every defeat and time of… — Katsuki Sekida Failure Copy Share Image
“Zen is above all a matter of personal experience. The student is asked to accept nothing the truth of which he cannot… — Katsuki Sekida Mind and body Copy Share Image
The occurrence of an evil thought is an affliction; not to continue it is the remedy. — Katsuki Sekida Affliction Copy Share Image
Zen is not, in my view, philosophy or mysticism. It is simply a practice of readjustment of nervous activity. That is, it… — Katsuki Sekida Activity Copy Share Image
What has happened by chance is often difficult to repeat when it is sought deliberately. Chance is a genius. — Katsuki Sekida Chance Copy Share Image
You know the Zen question, 'The Bodhisattva of Great Mercy' has a thousand hands and a thousand eyes; 'which is the true… — Katsuki Sekida Bending Copy Share Image
“To cast off the delusive way of ordinary consciousness while sitting on a cushion in a quiet room is only the beginning.… — Katsuki Sekida Philosophy of Mind Copy Share Image
“While you are conscious of being a Buddha, you are not truly a Buddha, because you are ensnared by the idea. You… — Katsuki Sekida Copy Share Image
“Zen training is a means of enabling us to live our ordinary lives supremely well.” — Katsuki Sekida Fitness Copy Share Image
