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Eugen Herrigel has 16 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Often nothing keeps the pupil on the move but his faith in his teacher, whose mastery is now beginning to dawn on…
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The shot will go smoothly only when it takes the archer himself by surprise.
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Far from wishing to awaken the artist in the pupil prematurely, the teacher considers it his first task to make him a…
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Assuming that his talent can survive the increasing strain, there is one scarcely avoidable danger that lies ahead of the pupil on…
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The man, the art, the work--it is all one.
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This, then, is what counts: a lightning reaction which has no further need of conscious observation. In this respect at least the…
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In the case of archery, the hitter and the hit are no longer two opposing objects, but are one reality.
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This means that the mind or spirit is present anywhere, because it is nowhere attached to any particular place. And it can…
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By letting go of yourself, leaving yourself and everything yours behind so decisively that nothing more is left of you but a…
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The hand that guides the brush has already caught and executed what floated before the mind at the same moment the mind…
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I must only warn you of one thing. You have become a different person in the course of these years. For this…
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The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the less you…
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Well, I would have to say as a Christian that I believe any belief system, any world view, whether its Zen Buddhism…
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Zen Buddhism is a discipline where belief isn't necessary.
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Zen Buddhism does not preach. Sermons remain words. It waits until people feel stifled and insecure, driven by a secret longing.
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The light is already there. In Zen Buddhism there's a little speck of dust on the mirror, and that's us.
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While you are continuing this practice, week after week, year after year, your experience will become deeper and deeper, and your experience…
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To have some deep feeling about Buddhism is not the point; we just do what we should do, like eating supper and…
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A student, filled with emotion and crying, implored, "Why is there so much suffering?" Suzuki Roshi replied, "No reason.
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People get stuck a lot because they're afraid to act; in the worst case,...we get so attached to some end result that…
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