Calligraphy Quote by Kazuaki Tanahashi

I think Dogen can be a very good introduction for people who want to meditate in whatever way, whether it's yoga, qigong, or Tibetan.…

— Kazuaki Tanahashi

“Let go of your small self and become your true self.”

— Kazuaki Tanahashi

To be thoroughly lazy is a tough job, but somebody has to do it. Industrious people build industry. Lazy people build civilization.

— Kazuaki Tanahashi

The enso contains the perfect and imperfect; that is why it is always complete.

— Kazuaki Tanahashi

“We are the visible and invisible effect of limitless karma — individual and collective social actions.”

— Kazuaki Tanahashi

In Dogen's writing, the practical instruction, philosophy and poetry are together in one voice. People hear about his poetry, go to his work, and…

— Kazuaki Tanahashi

Each moment is a miracle encompassing everything: the joy and sorrow, the failure and success, the disappointment and happiness, the celebration and grief.

— Kazuaki Tanahashi

If you are under control, you lose the danger of glimpsing an unknown realm.

— Kazuaki Tanahashi

As soon as you accept the accidental effects, they are no longer accidents. They are necessity the part of yourself that you could not…

— Kazuaki Tanahashi

A painting works only on the edge of not working. Then what is ungraspable comes near.

— Kazuaki Tanahashi

What pleases our mind is not dangerous enough.

— Kazuaki Tanahashi

We usually evaluate creative process in terms of how much feeling or thinking was behind the work or how well the work was done.…

— Kazuaki Tanahashi