Philosophy of Mind Quote by Yi Wu Taigen Leighton

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

For the ordinary man, whose mind is a checkerboard of crisscrossing reflections, opinions, and prejudices, bare attention is virtually impossible; his life is thus…

— Philip Kapleau

When the mind is full of memories and preoccupied by the future, it misses the freshness of the present moment. In this way, we…

— Matthieu Ricard

“8. Zazen and the Forgetting of Self. Zazen is a most effectual means of destroying selfishness, the root of all Sin, folly, vice, and…

— Kaiten Nukariya

“The most important thing to remember, though, is that thoughts are devoid of any essence. In their own right, they have neither meaning nor…

— Om Swami

“The existence of forgetting has never been proved: we only know that some things do not come to our mind when we want them…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Thinking is learning all over again to see, to be attentive, to focus consciousness; it is turning every idea and every image, in the…

— Albert Camus

“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

“When we take the trouble to look at what is unfolding in front of our eyes, we may recognize instances awakening the wisdom slumbering…

— Erik Pevernagie

“One always needs to be reminded; one is by no means always in possession of one’s whole self. Our consciousness is feeble; only in…

— Thomas Mann

“In order to have original, uncommon, and perhaps even immortal thoughts, it is enough to estrange oneself so fully from the world of things…

— Arthur Schopenhaur

“If memory remains sound and the thinking mind retains its vigor, an old intelligence may have extraordinary breadth and depth of understanding.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin