"We practice because we do not yet know who or what we are. But as a result of many causes, including the suffering we experience and the longing engendered by that suffering, we aspire to know. That aspiration leads many people to begin the practice of #zazen. Dogen expressed this beautifully […]

"Not-knowing is most intimate." – Zhaozhou Daily #zen #buddhism #zhaozhou

"When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves." – Dōgen Daily #zen #buddhism #dogen

"The gate is wide open. Why do you walk past it looking for a key?" – Linji Daily #zen #buddhism #Linji

"The practice of Zen is forgetting the self in the act of uniting with something." – Koun Yamada Daily #zen #buddhism #yamada #kounyamada

"You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection." – Gautama Buddha Daily #zen #buddhism #buddha #gautamabuddha

"Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self." – Gautama Buddha Daily #zen #buddhism #buddha #gautamabuddha

"Even if we hate the weed, and even if we abandon this hate of the weed, it will grow." – Taisen Deshimaru Daily #zen #buddhism #deshimaru #taisendeshimaru

"When thoughts arise, then do all things arise. When thoughts vanish, then do all things vanish." – Huangbo Xiyun Daily #zen #buddhism #xiyun #huangboxiyun

"Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace." – Gautama Buddha Daily #zen #buddhism #buddha #gautamabuddha

"To say one is revolutionary is a little like saying one is a Zen Buddhist – if you say you are, you probably aren’t." – Lawrence Ferlinghetti Daily #zen #buddhism #ferlinghetti #lawrenceferlinghetti

"If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things, this is the best season of your life." – Wu-men Daily #zen #buddhism #Wu-men

"The time of our delusion does not obstruct the time of our realization. Our practice is not in order to attain realization. Practice itself is the actualization of realization." – Dōgen Daily #zen #buddhism #dogen

"Zen is not an art, it’s not a religion. It’s a realization." – Gene Clark Daily #zen #buddhism #clark #GeneClark

"What is called #zazen is sitting on a zafu in a quiet room, absolutely still, in the exact and proper position and without uttering a word, the mind empty of any thought, good or wicked. It is continuing to sit peacefully, facing a wall, and nothing more. Every day." – Taisen Deshimaru Daily […]

"Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom." – Bodhidharma Daily #zen #buddhism #bodhidharma

"To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss." – Bodhidharma Daily #zen #buddhism #bodhidharma

"If you study a lot because you are worried that others will think badly of you for being ignorant and you'll feel stupid, this is a serious mistake." – Dōgen Daily #zen #buddhism #dogen

"If you try to grasp Zen in movement, it goes into stillness. If you try to grasp Zen in stillness, it goes into movement. It is like a fish hidden in a spring, drumming up waves and dancing independently." – Linji Yixuan Daily #zen #buddhism #yixuan #linjiyixuan

"The true person is not anyone in particular; but like the deep blue color of the limitless sky, it is everyone, everywhere in the world." – Dōgen Daily #zen #buddhism #dogen

"Know that the true #dharma emerges of itself (during the practice of #zazen), clearing away hindrances and distractions." – Dōgen Daily #zen #buddhism #dogen

"The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting. The Way has no form or sound. It's subtle and hard to perceive. It's like when you drink water: you know how hot or cold it is, but you can't tell others." – Bodhidharma Daily #zen #buddhism #bodhidharma

"The #dharma is the truth that all natures are pure. By this truth, all appearances are empty." – Bodhidharma Daily #zen #buddhism #bodhidharma

"Zen mind is not Zen mind. That is, if you are attached to Zen mind, then you have a problem, and your way is very narrow. Throwing away Zen mind is correct Zen mind." – Seung Sahn Daily #zen #buddhism #sahn #seungsahn

"The one who bows and the one who is bowed to are both by nature empty." – Dōgen Daily #zen #buddhism #dogen

"Wherever you are, be there totally." – Eckhart Tolle Daily #zen #buddhism #tolle #eckharttolle

"No wind, no flag—only the mind moves." – Huineng Daily #zen #buddhism #huineng

"Each step is the Way. Don’t rush, don’t linger." – Seung Sahn Daily #zen #buddhism #sahn #seungsahn

"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path." – Gautama Buddha Daily #zen #buddhism #buddha #gautamabuddha

"Eating rice, drinking tea—this is the sutra I recite." – Layman Pang Daily #zen #buddhism #pang #laymanpang

"Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is in fact the reservoir of infinite possibilities." – Daisetz T. Suzuki Daily #zen #buddhism #suzuki #daisetzsuzuki

"The flower doesn’t try to bloom. It just does. Be like that." – Dōgen Daily #zen #buddhism #dogen

"Complete the task at hand. Be selfless in your actions. This is the way of Heaven. This is the way to Heaven." – Lao Tzu Daily #zen #buddhism #tzu #laotzu

"Do not follow the thoughts, see where they arise. That is your home." – Foyan Daily #zen #buddhism #foyan

"Life is short and no one knows what the next moment will bring." – Dōgen Daily #zen #buddhism #dogen

"Only the hand that erases can write the true thing." – Meister Eckhart Daily #zen #buddhism #eckhart #meistereckhart

"The color of the mountains is #Buddha’s body; the sound of running water is his great speech." – Dōgen Daily #zen #buddhism #dogen

"Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine." – Shunryu Suzuki Daily #zen #buddhism #suzuki #shunryusuzuki

"Studying the Way' is just a figure of speech, a method of arousing people's interest in the early stages of their development. In fact, the Way is not something which can be studied. Study leads to the retention of concepts, and so the Way is entirely misunderstood." – Huangbo Xiyun Daily […]

"All the concepts you have formed in the past must be discarded and replaced by void." – Huangbo Xiyun Daily #zen #buddhism #xiyun #huangboxiyun

"One who acts on truth is happy in this world and beyond." – Gautama Buddha Daily #zen #buddhism #buddha #gautamabuddha

"A coin lost in the river is found in the river." – Zen saying Daily #zen #buddhism #saying #zensaying

"...concepts are related to the senses; and, when feeling takes place, wisdom is shut out." – Huangbo Xiyun Daily #zen #buddhism #xiyun #huangboxiyun

"From morning till night, we should never rely on a single thing." – Huangbo Xiyun Daily #zen #buddhism #xiyun #huangboxiyun

"When you try to stay on the surface of the water, you sink; but when you try to sink, you float." – Alan Watts Daily #zen #buddhism #watts #alanwatts

"The Zen expression 'Kill the #buddha!' means to kill any concept of the Buddha as something apart from oneself." – Peter Matthiessen Daily #zen #buddhism #matthiessen #petermatthiessen

"This breath, just this one—attend to it as if it were your last." – Huangbo Daily #zen #buddhism #huangbo

"The koan is not a puzzle to solve, but a mirror to dissolve in." – Hakuin Daily #zen #buddhism #hakuin

"It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles." – Gautama Buddha Daily #zen #buddhism #buddha #gautamabuddha

"A monk asked, “What is Zen?” The master struck him. Nothing more was said." – Yunmen Daily #zen #buddhism #yunmen