"To practice Zen or the Martial Arts, you……" — Taisen Deshimaru
"To practice Zen or the Martial Arts, you must live intensely, wholeheartedly, without reserve - as if you might die in the next instant"
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18 Quotes by Taisen Deshimaru
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Think with your whole body.
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If you have a glass full of liquid you can discourse forever on its qualities, discuss whether it is cold,…
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Harmonizing opposites by going back to their source is the distinctive quality of the Zen attitude, the Middle Way: embracing…
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To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.
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The body moves naturally, automatically, without any personal intervention or awareness. If we think too much, our actions become slow…
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Zen is not a particular state but the normal state: silent, peaceful, unagitated. In Zazen neither intention, analysis, specific effort…
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Think with the whole body.
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Keep your hands open, and all the sands of the desert can pass through them. Close them, and all you…
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You must concentrate upon and consecrate yourself wholly to each day, as though a fire were raging in your hair.
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In a fight between a strong technique and a strong body, technique will prevail. In a fight between a strong…
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Time is not a line, but a series of now-points.
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The silence of the mountain is even more beautiful once the birds are quiet.
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