Zen Quotes

331 quotes by 137 authors

If you ask Zen people they will say; tea is not something that you pour with unawareness and drink like any other drink. It is… — Rajneesh
Zen is the unsymbolization of the world. — Reginald Horace Blyth
I consider writing practice a true Zen practice because it all comes back at you. You can't fool anyone because it's on the page. — Natalie Goldberg
Have the right attitude in advanced practice. Feel that you are always a beginner in Zen. They refer to it as "beginners mind". I feel… — Frederick Lenz
Happiness only comes when you let go of who you think you are. If you think you're wealthy and powerful and noble and truthful or… — Frederick Lenz
Those who are already adept at some disciplines of the body will find that the study of Zen and meditation will give you much more… — Frederick Lenz
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
In Zen we strive to bring both the mind and the body into perfect combination, so that there is no intrinsic difference between them. — Frederick Lenz
All success in sports and athletics, from the Zen point of view, comes from the mind. No matter what kind of shape your body is… — Frederick Lenz
In the Zen of sports and athletics, we seek to bring discipline and control into our physical movements, but at the same time to eliminate… — Frederick Lenz
In the West, we think of sports and athletics as individual achievement, the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat; it all revolves around the… — Frederick Lenz
If you have the sense of participation in sports or athletics, of being a player, then you are not really into the Zen mind. In… — Frederick Lenz
Any good athletic is always in a state of perpetual training, as is the Zen student. — Frederick Lenz
Zen and Buddhism have produced martial arts, because of the Buddhist injunction against weapons. — Frederick Lenz
The samurais were very interested in Zen because they admired the tremendous precision that the Zen Masters had, their lack of fear and pain and… — Frederick Lenz
There are things that I value now that I didn't when I first went over there, like Zen Buddhism, which has become part of my… — Matthew Sweet
If you were just you, you would be happy. But of course, you don't know who or what you are. So how can you possibly… — Frederick Lenz
There are different pathways - be it Zen, tantra, karma yoga, or jnana yoga. Different ways have been devised to do the same thing for… — Frederick Lenz
Most people put the cart before the horse, which is an interesting way to go through life. They approach everything directly. In Zen we approach… — Frederick Lenz
Regardless of what you want to call it, guys need some type of spirituality they can grab onto. If it's Christianity, which is a very… — Barry Zito

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