Meditation Quote by John Daido Loori Download Open image ““The zazen I speak of is not learning meditation.”” — John Daido Loori ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Meditation
“But as long as you think you are practicing zazen for the sake of something, that is not true practice.” — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
The zazen I speak of is not learning meditation. It is simply the Dharma gate of repose and bliss, the practice-realization of totally culminated… — Dogen Copy Share Image
“Even when you practice zazen alone, without a teacher, I think you will find some way to tell whether your practice is adequate or… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“Think not-thinking. How do you think not-thinking? Nonthinking. This is the essential art of zazen.” — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
“Actually we do not have any particular name for our practice; when we practice zazen we just practice it, and whether we find joy… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“This form of meditation requires us to remain in the moment that we are currently experiencing. We are to observe thoughts, senses, and emotions,… — Ian Tuhovsky Copy Share Image
Put on the music, and listen. Zazen means to sit, to listen. You're listening to enlightenment, to the universes, to the planes of mind. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Actually the best way to relieve your mental suffering is to sit in zazen, even in such a confused state of mind and bad… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“You must realize that no matter how intently you count your breaths you will still perceive what is in your line of vision, since… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“One may practice zazen for twenty, thirty, even fifty years, and go through failures and frustrations, but every defeat and time of despair is… — Katsuki Sekida Copy Share Image
Zazen is seated meditation-the opposite of contemplation-the emptying of the mind of all thoughts in order simply to be. In the midst of all… — Huineng Copy Share Image
When you are practicing zazen, do not try to stop your thinking. Let it stop by itself. If something comes into your mind, let… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
But down the bagagge, take of the blinders, and see for yourself that this very place is the valley of the endless spring, this… — John Daido Loori Copy Share Image
In transmitting the dharma, there is neither explanation nor teaching; there is neighter hearing nor attainment. Since explanations never really explains, nor are they… — John Daido Loori Copy Share Image
There is no place to search for the truth. Though it's right beneath your feet, it can't be found. — John Daido Loori Copy Share Image
Creativity is our birthright. It is an integral part of being human, as basic as walking, talking and thinking. — John Daido Loori Copy Share Image
just sitting does not involve reaching some understanding. It is the subtle activity of allowing all things to be completely at rest just as… — John Daido Loori Copy Share Image
It is possible to do something, and to do something meticulously and completely with out creating a goal... all nature works this way. — John Daido Loori Copy Share Image
Wordless is not the same of expressionless. All phenomenon of the universe, audible and inaudible, tangible and intangible, sentient and insentient, are the clear… — John Daido Loori Copy Share Image
No creature, large or small, ever fails to cover the ground upon which it stands. — John Daido Loori Copy Share Image
In the action of no-action (wu-wei), a cardinal aspect of the true creative process is set forth. In wu-wei, the mind is silenced and… — John Daido Loori Copy Share Image
Zen is a special transmission outside the scriptures,With no reliance on words and letters.A direct pointing to the human mind,And the realization of enlightenment. — John Daido Loori Copy Share Image
Words and ideas are a description of reality, silence is a negation of reality. What is the reality itself? — John Daido Loori Copy Share Image
To be still means to empty yourself from the incessant flow of thoughts and create a state of consciousness that is open and receptive. — John Daido Loori Copy Share Image
Music is a job, but I figured out ways to get my mind into a place where I could be creative. I actually discovered… — Flume Copy Share Image
You practice mindfulness, on the one hand, to be calm and peaceful. On the other hand, as you practice mindfulness and live a life… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
An enlightened awareness is within each one of us, right at this moment. This enlightened awareness is truly unborn and marvellously illuminating; and everything… — Bankei Yotaku Copy Share Image
If japa is maintained, no useless talk during work will be possible. The mind will always remain peaceful. Modern day diseases are mostly psychosomatic.… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Unless and until you introspect you cannot even respect yourself. You cannot even love yourself. If you love yourself you will introspect and find… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“Let no one hope to find in contemplation an escape from conflict, from anguish or from doubt. On the contrary, the deep, inexpressible certitude… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
We have a fear of facing ourselves. That is the obstacle. Experiencing the innermost core of our existence is very embarrassing to a lot… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
“...even though [my psychiatrist] understood mor than anyone how much I felt I was losing--in energy, vivacity, and originality--by taking medication, he never was… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness is an invitation to change that pattern and to become aware of where we are and how we got here. Mindfulness gives us… — Maia Duerr Copy Share Image
As in any machine, all the wires must be connected to the mains through one main wire. In the same way, you all must… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
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