Zen Quotes

331 quotes by 137 authors

A zen couch potato is a person who contemplates the nature of televised existence. — Richard Helms
It is easy to believe we are each waves and forget we are also the ocean. — Jon J Muth
I thought, man, if you could run 100 miles, you'd be in this Zen state. You'd be the f**king Buddha. Bringing peace and a smile… — Jenn Shelton
A Zen student asked his roshi the most important element of Zen.The roshi replied, "Attention." "Yes, thank you," the student replied. "But can you tell… — Dan Millman
I was talking to a Zen master the other day and he said, "You shall be my disciple."I looked at him and said, "Who was… — Alan Watts
In deep self-acceptance grows a compassionate understanding. As one Zen master said when I asked if he ever gets angry, 'Of course I get angry,… — Jack Kornfield
Always now - just now - come into being. Always now - just now - give yourself to death. Practicing this is Zen practice. — Soko Morinaga
Zen is the vehicle of reality. — Jim Harrison
All the time. A few months ago I came really close to losing it, I was getting really paranoid. And then I started a new… — Robert Pattinson
To practice Zen or the Martial Arts, you must live intensely, wholeheartedly, without reserve - as if you might die in the next instant — Taisen Deshimaru
I have sort of a Zen body philosophy, I'm sort of like: we're one weight one day, we're one weight another day, and some day… — Lena Dunham
There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches. Every minority, be… — Ray Bradbury
For Zen students, a weed is a treasure. — Shunryu Suzuki
In a few Zen monasteries, every monk has to start his morning with laughter, and has to end his night with laughter - the first… — Rajneesh
Laughter. Yes, laughter is the Zen attitude towards death and towards life too, because life and death are not separate. Whatsoever is your attitude towards… — Rajneesh
Zen's greatest contribution is to give you an alternative to the serious man. The serious man has made the world, the serious man has made… — Rajneesh
Well, I would have to say as a Christian that I believe any belief system, any world view, whether its Zen Buddhism or Hinduism or… — Albert Mohler
There was a famous Zen master whom people would seek out to become enlightened. He was strict and would occupy people with things having nothing… — Masaaki Hatsumi
The future is just your hope, expectation. And when this life is not fulfilling you start looking further, beyond death. All these are fictions just… — Rajneesh
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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