"Zen Master Dogen has pointed out that anxiety,……" — Philip Kapleau
"Zen Master Dogen has pointed out that anxiety, when accepted, is the driving force to enlightenment in that it lays bare the human dilemma at the same time that it ignites our desire to break out of it."
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14 Quotes by Philip Kapleau
Philip Kapleau has 14 quotes on this site.
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Every individual who eats flesh food, whether an animal is killed expressely for him or not, is supporting the trade…
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Ultimately the case for shunning animal flesh does not rest on what the Buddha allegedly said or didn't say. What…
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To put the flesh of an animal into one's belly makes one an accessory after the fact of its slaughter,…
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Die while alive and be thoroughly dead. Then do what you will, and all will be well
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To suppress the grief, the pain, is to condemn oneself to a living death. Living fully means feeling fully; it…
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A Zen master, when asked where he would go after he died, replied, 'To Hell, for that's where help is…
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If you fall into poverty, live that way without grumbling - then your poverty will not burden you. Likewise, if…
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The truth is that everything is One, and this of course is not a numerical one.
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You yourself are time- your body, your mind, the objects around you. Plunge into the river of time and swim,…
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Many have come to realization simply by listening to the tinkling of a bell or some other sound
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Although we all possess the seeds of great love and compassion, without the light of the enlightened one's wisdom and…
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Anyone familiar with the numerous accounts of the Buddha's extraordinary compassion and reverence for living beings - for example his…
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I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your…
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In America, I would say New York and New Orleans are the two most interesting food towns. In New Orleans,…
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Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his…
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In this world, emotion has become suspect - the accepted style is smooth, antiseptic and passionless.
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I like hanging out with me, and I've accepted everything about me good, bad whatever it is. That's why I'm…
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In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build…
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Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we…
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I don't really care about being accepted now. I wish I had been like that earlier.
— Terry Bradshaw
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In Eastern culture, people see ghosts, people talk about ghosts... it's just accepted. And in Western culture it's just not.
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