Zen Quotes

331 quotes by 134 authors

In Zen we study the will. We learn how to cultivate it, to accumulate will. We use it to direct our actions, and we don't… — Frederick Lenz
The study of Zen is the study of energy, power, knowledge and balance. It is the science of energy conservation and control. We use energy… — Frederick Lenz
The way of nothingness is the way of Zen. It is just a term. The contemplation of nothingness or everythingness is where everything starts. — Frederick Lenz
The theory of Zen is non-competition. But that is not really true at all. People who practice Zen are very competitive. They are competing against… — Frederick Lenz
Zen is the path that focuses the most upon meditation. It is almost exclusively a path of meditation. — Frederick Lenz
In Zen you are learning how to make new realities, to build things inside your mind. — Frederick Lenz
The ten thousand states of mind that we talk about in Zen are all levels of perception. You can think of each of the ten… — Frederick Lenz
Both light and dark are eternity. Human beings assign relative values to colors, but beyond the relative, there just is - what in Zen we… — Frederick Lenz
The study of Zen is a retraining. It is a series of new ways, not just one way, to learn to use your mind more… — Frederick Lenz
Just like there are different roads that lead to different places, so there are different levels of awareness that lead to different places and we… — Frederick Lenz
The teachings of Osho, in fact, encompass many religions, but he is not defined by any of them. He is an illuminating speaker on Zen,… — Nevill Drury
The three elements of creativity are thus: loving, knowing, and doing - or heart, mind, and hands - or, as Zen Buddhist teaching has it;… — Eric Maisel
I started running ultras to become a better person. I thought if you could run 100 miles you'd be in this Zen state. You'd be… — Jenn Shelton
The most important part of the practice is for the question to remain alive and for your whole body and mind to become a question.… — Martine Batchelor
Only the hand that erases can write the true thing. — Meister Eckhart
Working out is my biggest hobby. It's my Zen hour. I just zone out. — Zac Efron
I made a photograph of a garden in Kyoto, the Zen garden, which is a rectangle. But a photograph taken from any one point will… — David Hockney
I use a Bruce Lee technique: 'The way of no way.' He had the idea that he would learn everything, so that whoever he had… — Eddie Izzard
I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion. — Billie Jean King
Zen teaches that once we can open up to the inevitability of our demise, we can begin to transform that situation and lighten up about… — Allen Klein

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