Zazen Quotes
21 quotes by 7 authors
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No matter how many years you sit doing zazen, you will never become anything special.
— Kodo Sawaki
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Zen is not a particular state but the normal state: silent, peaceful, unagitated. In Zazen neither intention, analysis, specific effort nor imagination take place. It's…
— Taisen Deshimaru
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So it is not a matter of whether it is possible to attain Buddhahood, or if it is possible to make a tile a jewel.…
— Shunryu Suzuki
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Zazen practice is the direct expression of our true nature. Strictly speaking, for a human being, there is no other practice than this practice; there…
— Shunryu Suzuki
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In the zazen posture, your mind and body have, great power to accept things as they are, whether agreeable or disagreeable.
— Shunryu Suzuki
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The mind we have when we practice zazen is the great mind: we don't try to see anything; we stop conceptual thinking; we stop emotional…
— Shunryu Suzuki
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When you are practicing zazen, do not try to stop your thinking. Let it stop by itself. If something comes into your mind, let it…
— Shunryu Suzuki
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Know that the true dharma emerges of itself [during the practice of zazen], clearing away hindrances and distractions.
— Dogen
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The zazen I speak of is not learning meditation. It is simply the Dharma gate of repose and bliss, the practice-realization of totally culminated enlightenment.…
— Dogen
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We stop the one who can't cease from seeking things outside, and practice with our bodies with a posture that seeks absolutely nothing. This is…
— Kodo Sawaki
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Zazen practice and everyday activity are one thing. We call zazen everyday life, and everyday life zazen.
— Shunryu Suzuki
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If you want to study Zen, you should forget all your previous ideas and just practice zazen and see what kind of experience you have…
— Shunryu Suzuki
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True zazen is surrendering every moment. But surrendering to what? It really does not matter what we call it: God or the Tao or the…
— Dennis Merzel
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Be mindful of the passing of time, and engage yourself in zazen as though you are saving your head from fire.
— Dogen
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If you think you will get something from practicing zazen, already you are involved in impure practice.
— Shunryu Suzuki
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Sports and athletics can be a path in Zen, in concordance with daily practice of zazen meditation. You need to move with your spirit, not…
— Frederick Lenz
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Put on the music, and listen. Zazen means to sit, to listen. You're listening to enlightenment, to the universes, to the planes of mind.
— Frederick Lenz
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Practicing zazen and mindfulness constantly and correctly, over a period of time, can bring strength and clarity to your finite mind and eventually give you…
— Frederick Lenz
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In Zen you practice zazen, mindfulness and other forms of introspection to find out who you are and what you want, to balance your spirit,…
— Frederick Lenz
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Zazen is better than a home. Zazen is a home that you can't ever lose.
— Ruth Ozeki
Who Wrote These Zazen Quotes
7 authors contributed a total of 21 Zazen Quotes as follows: