Identity Quote by D.T. Suzuki

In advanced Zen a person comes to realize that the existence of things and their ability to perceive them correctly is completely dependent upon…

— Frederick Lenz

Zen is the most scientific method to inquire into your consciousness. It takes you beyond mind into a space called no-mind. No self, but…

— Rajneesh

Whether you are a genius or an idiot, a thief or, like me, a Zen priest who has cultivated the mind for 30 years…

— Zoketsu Norman Fischer

The practice of Zen is forgetting the self in the act of uniting with something.

— Yamada Koun

Zen insight is not our awareness, but Being's awareness of itself in us.

— Thomas Merton

Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.

— Bodhidharma

“It is the human beings ability to perceive himself as distinct from everything around him that creates his separateness from everything and everyone else.…

— David Carlyle

“Zen would have our perception of the world, indeed our very thoughts, be nonverbal.”

— Thomas Hoover

Zen is based on the recognition of two incompatible types of thought: rational and intuitive.

— Tom Hoover

If we had the consciousness of a cat or a dog, we would have it in us to become perfect Zen masters. We could…

— Eric Maisel

Not thinking about anything is zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is zen. To know that…

— Bodhidharma

I would love to be considered Zen, but I'm not sure that I am. Maybe just with animals and babies and in tough situations.

— Ana Mulvoy-Ten