"Dhyana is retaining one's tranquil state of mind……" — Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
"Dhyana is retaining one's tranquil state of mind in any circumstance, unfavorable as well as favorable, and not being disturbed or frustrated even when adverse conditions present themselves one after another."
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43 Quotes by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
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Eternity is the Absolute present.
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You ought to know how to rise above the trivialities of life, in which most people are found drowning themselves.
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I am an artist at living - my work of art is my life.
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When traveling is made too easy and comfortable, its spiritual meaning is lost. This may be called sentimentalism, but a…
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When mountain-climbing is made too easy, the spiritual effect the mountain exercises vanishes into the air.
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We teach ourselves; Zen merely points the way.
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The right art is purposeless, aimless! The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the…
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Fundamentally the marksman aims at himself.
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Art always has something of the unconscious about it.
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The greatest productions of art, whether painting, music, sculpture or poetry, have invariably this quality-something approaching the work of God.
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Life, according to Zen, ought to be lived as a bird flies through the air, or as a fish swims…
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Enlightenment is like everyday consciousness but two inches above the ground.
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