Consciousness Quote by Thomas Merton

Zen is a special transmission outside the scriptures,With no reliance on words and letters.A direct pointing to the human mind,And the realization of enlightenment.

— John Daido Loori

Zen is the most scientific method to inquire into your consciousness. It takes you beyond mind into a space called no-mind. No self, but…

— Rajneesh

“Zen is a journey of exploration and a way of living that, in and of itself, does not belong to any one religion or…

— Chris Prentiss

Zen is not, in my view, philosophy or mysticism. It is simply a practice of readjustment of nervous activity. That is, it restores the…

— Katsuki Sekida

Zen is the way of complete self-realization; a living human being who follows the way of Zen can attain satori and then live a…

— Zenkei Shibayama

Zen goes directly to your own experience of the oneness of the universe, of your interconnectedness with all things. You learn to distrust whatever…

— Jean Smith

Zen is the spirit of a man. Zen believes in his inner purity and goodness. Whatever is superadded or violently torn away, injures the…

— D.T. Suzuki

Zen is a kind of unlearning. It teaches you how to drop that which you have learned, how to become unskillful again, how to…

— Rajneesh

Zen is the study of mind in all of its manifestations. The purpose of Zen is to be happy.

— Frederick Lenz

“Zen teachers expound with strong conviction. Enlightened Consciousness is, according to Zen, the centre of spiritual life. It is the mind of minds, and…

— Kaiten Nukariya

Zen is really extraordinarily simple as long as one doesn't try to be cute about it or beat around the bush! Zen is simply…

— Alan Watts

Zen is a very quick path to enlightenment and development of the mind and all its facilities.

— Frederick Lenz