Bottom Quote by Taisen Deshimaru

When your consciousness has become ripe in true zazen-pure like clear water, like a serene mountain lake, not moved by any wind-then anything may…

— Matsuo Basho

The uniqueness of zazen lies in this: that the mind is freed from bondage to all thought forms, visions, objects, and imaginings, however sacred…

— Philip Kapleau

Zazen is an activity that is an extension of the universe. Zazen is not the life of an individual, it's the universe that's breathing.

— Dogen

“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

Zazen isn't about blissing out or going into an alpha brain-wave trance. It's about facing who and what you really are, in every single…

— Brad Warner

The mind we have when we practice zazen is the great mind: we don't try to see anything; we stop conceptual thinking; we stop…

— Shunryu Suzuki

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

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

What is called zazen is sitting on a zafu [pillow] in a quiet room, absolutely still, in the exact and proper position and without…

— Taisen Deshimaru

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

“Each moment of zazen is equally wholeness of practice, equally wholeness of realization. This is not only practice while sitting, it is like a…

— Dogen

Zazen practice is the direct expression of our true nature. Strictly speaking, for a human being, there is no other practice than this practice;…

— Shunryu Suzuki