Meditation Quote by Thomas Hoover

““One of the major insights of Zen is that the world should be perceived directly, not as an array of embodied names.””

Thomas Hoover

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“Only in formal meditation can there be the real beginning of understanding.”

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“At the evening gathering the Master addressed the assembly, saying: "Sometimes I take away man and do not take away the surroundings; sometimes I…

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“Words can point the way, but the path must be traveled in silence.”

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“Zen would have our perception of the world, indeed our very thoughts, be nonverbal.”

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“Contemplation of the movement and shifting composition of sea-waves is a useful symbolical approach; for, not only are the waves and the sea identical…

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“Cultivation is of no use for the attainment of Tao. The only thing that one can do is to be free of defilement. When…

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“. . . the ignorant and the simple minded, not knowing that the world is what is seen of Mind itself, cling to the…

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“Whereas the logical mode of thought can only manipulate the world view of given paradigm, intuition can inspire genuine creativity, since it is not…

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“Westerners view the physical world as the operative reality and the unseen, nonphysical world as an abstraction (comforting or not, depending upon our beliefs…

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“Aesthetic ideals emerging from Zen art focus heavily on naturalness, on the emphasis of man's relation to nature. The Zen artists, as do many…

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“The right pace, neither slow nor fast, cannot get into the hand unless it comes from the heart.”

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“Extinguish desire and suffering goes with it.”

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