Zen Quotes

331 quotes by 137 authors

Walking is Zen, sitting is Zen. Then what will be the quality? Watchfully alert, joyously unmotivated, centered, loving, flowing, one walks. And the walking is… — Rajneesh
At Patagonia, making a profit is not the goal because the Zen master would say profits happen 'when you do everything else right'. — Yvon Chouinard
If I am asked If I am asked, then, what Zen teaches, I would answer, Zen teaches nothing. Whatever teachings there are in Zen, they… — Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
The basic idea of Zen is to come in touch with the inner workings of our being, and to do this in the most direct… — Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
If we had the consciousness of a cat or a dog, we would have it in us to become perfect Zen masters. We could gnaw… — Eric Maisel
I have a deep-seated distrust and even contempt for people who are driven by ambition to conquer the world â€¦ those who cannot control themselves… — Saul Leiter
I didn't want a guru or a kung fu master or a spiritual director. I didn't want to become a sorcerer or learn the zen… — Daniel Quinn
As the Japanese Zen masters say, â€œDon't seek the truth; just drop your opinionsâ€. Drop your theories; don't seek the truth. — Anthony de Mello
Buddha is said to have given a "silent sermon" once during which he held up a flower and gazed at it. After a while, one… — Eckhart Tolle
Years of expensive Zen training gone to waste — Zentatsu Richard Baker
Zen says that if you drop knowledge - and within knowledge everything is included; your name, your identity, everything, because this has been given to… — Rajneesh
Boredom has been used as a technique, it is a device. In Zen, boredom is used as a device: you are bored to death, and… — Rajneesh
Zen is really just a reminder to stay alive and to be awake. We tend to daydream all the time, speculating about the future and… — Peter Matthiessen
We took a bus to the nearby monastery of one of the last great Tang dynasty Chan masters, Yun-men. Yun-men was known for his pithy… — Stephen Batchelor
Crowdsourcing is the ultimate disruptor of distribution because in a most Zen-like fashion, the content is controlled by everyone and no one at the same… — Jay Samit
In Japanese art, space assumed a dominant role and its position was strengthened by Zen concepts. — Stephen Gardiner
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
Rigging is like Zen meditation. You must bend over the boat until your back is breaking, until your brain is filled with numbers and fractions… — Brad Alan Lewis
There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden. — Chuck Close
If Zen has any preference it is for glass that is plain, has no color, and is "just glass." — Thomas Merton

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