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It's kind of like a Zen thing. Like playing the piano, or being a centipede in Heaven. — Peter Watts

Not to be bound by rules, but to be creating one's own rules-this is the kind of life which Zen is trying to have us live. — D.T. Suzuki

With'n these ribs is / a City of Luminous / all thanks t'you. — Evy Zen

Perfection itself is not the ultimate goal
but the ultimate condition of life. — Eric Micha'el Leventhal

The things I carry are my thoughts. That's it. They are the only weight. My thoughts determine whether I am free and light or burdened. — Kamal Ravikant

That's essentially what Zen practice is about: functioning from moment to moment. — Charlotte Joko Beck

It's like zen. Only not as subtle. — J.J. Connolly

There's a Zen to acting, by being in the moment. That's where the power is. — Christine Ebersole

Doffing the ego's
safe glory, he finds
his naked reality. — Dag Hammarskjold

You will bring yourself the suffering you need to bring yourself so that you may awaken. — T. Scott McLeod

With passions stilled and one's nature firm, all destinies are in harmony; When the full moon of contemplation is reached you will be pure. — Wu Cheng'en

Zen is to have the heart and soul of a little child. — Takuan Soho

We have all sorts of stories about heaven and hell, about oblivion and nothingness, about 'coming back,' and so on. But they are all stories. — Steve Hagen

Working out is my biggest hobby. It's my Zen hour. I just zone out. — Zac Efron

Zen is very easy! It's like touching your nose when you wash your face in the morning! — Seungsahn

This is Zen", she said. "No flaw, no moment's hesitation. A window onto grace. — Janet Fitch

A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself. — Dogen

You may wonder which came first: the skill or the hard work. But that's a moot point. The Zen master cleans his own studio. So should you. — Twyla Tharp

It's been said that golf is a Zen activity. I'd argue that if golfers were practicing Zen, they wouldn't keep score. — Tom Robbins

Whatever the world dishes up, we take it on
not on our own terms, but on the world's. — Steve Hagen

The word impossible contains the word possible'
What's that
some Zen thing?'
I think Star Trek. Mr. Spock. — Dean Koontz

We find what's in our own heads. — T. Scott McLeod

That's all there is, enlightenment on the end of a cock. It doesn't get any more Zen than that. — Jaden Wilkes

No ideals. No illusions. Just reality - but more perfect than you've ever imagined. That's what being mindful and living in the present means. — Lidiya K.

I consider writing practice a true Zen practice because it all comes back at you. You can't fool anyone because it's on the page. — Natalie Goldberg

As I naturally go through a full range of emotions in my life, I mustn't feel ashamed for feeling lost, for it is honest and human to feel such. — Forrest Curran

In pale moonlight / the wisteria's scent / comes from far away. — Yosa Buson

No one is ever more him/herself than when they really laugh. Their defenses are down. It's very Zen-like, that moment. They are completely open. — George Carlin

Render unto meditation the things that are meditation's, and unto medication the things that are medication's. — Barry Graham

A zen master's life is one continuous mistake. — Dogen

Zen, per se, is not just an art, it's not just a religion, it's a realisation. — Gene Clark

Life is a river," a wise friend told me. "It's flowing. You're never at the same place twice. — Kamal Ravikant

Light and flow is what shifts the world's vibration, not the stagnation and resistance that comes with opposition. — Alaric Hutchinson

There is really only one Zen Master ... and that's yourself. — Frederick Lenz

To be a good Zen Buddhist it is not enough to follow the teaching of its founder; we have to experience the Buddha's experience. — D.T. Suzuki

We cannot dim another person's light without first extinguishing our own. — Alaric Hutchinson

What is Zen? Zen is looking at things with the eye of God, that is, becoming the thing's eyes so that it looks at itself with our eyes. — Reginald Horace Blyth

I stole this from Zen Master Suzuki Roshi: If it's not paradoxical it's not true! — C.B. Murphy

I'm very much a homebody so once I have my home set up how I want it, that's my zen, my comfy little nest where I drink my wine and watch my Netflix. — Lissie

Like vanishing dew,
a passing apparition
or the sudden flash
of lightning
already gone
thus should one regard one's self. — Ikkyu

Zen in it's essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom. — D.T. Suzuki

We can see unmistakeably that there is an inner relationship between Zen and the warrior's life. — D.T. Suzuki

Let's skip the Zen shit and just get back to the killing each other part. — Cassandra Gannon

Zen is a study. It's a discipline. It involves the active use of will to make things happen or not happen. These are the secrets of power. — Frederick Lenz

To escape from the world means that one's mind is not concerned with the opinions of the world. — Dogen

There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden. — Chuck Close

I'm a poet who practices Zen. And it's not, I'm somebody who practices Zen who writes poetry. There's no separation for me. — Sam Hamill

Shigemori's body of work is a compelling manifesto for continuous cultural renewal. — Christian Tschumi

There's a Zen proverb that states "If you're too busy to sit still for 10 minutes, you need to sit still for an hour. — J.D. Yoder

Golf is a spiritual game. It's like Zen. You have to let your mind take over. — Amy Alcott

It's a kind of zen question: if you write a book and no one reads it, is it really a book? — Lee Child

In Zen brush-painting, the circle is a master's problem. It represents everything and nothing, and in so doing, the universe. — Mike Todd Jr.

The most expected thing you can expect is what's unexpected. — Dick Allen

It's a relationship like to a crusty Zen master, or something like that. And it is really like another entity because you cannot predict the answers. — Terence McKenna

Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be. — Bob Dylan

He knows not where he's going,
For the ocean will decide,
Its not the destination,
It's the glory of the ride — Edward Monkton

The Master's warning that we should not practice anything except self-detaching immersion. — Eugen Herrigel

The whole zen attitude is to bring to your notice the fact that there is no effort to be made. The zen attitude is that of effortlessness. — Rajneesh

The quality of our lives is determined by the focus of our attention. — Cheri Huber

Old age and death are in the natural course of things. There is nothing a doctor can do about them. — Muso Soseki

HELLO! Look at me. HELLO! I am so ZEN. This is BLOOD. This is NOTHING. Hello. Everything is nothing, and it's so cool to be ENLIGHTENED. Like me. — Chuck Palahniuk

Maybe it's something which can't be defined," Enso Roshi says. "Maybe it's a question, to be lived. — T. Scott McLeod

We can only be here. We can't leave. We are always here. — Steve Hagen

You are having a baby,' he said.

'I certainly hope it turns out to be a baby,' I agreed. — Zen Cho

Baseball is one of the most beautiful games. It is. It is a very Zen-like game. — Jim Jarmusch

Once upon a time,
there was a Zen sign
at every small railway crossing in America

Stop. Look. And listen. — Dick Allen

Nothing divides one so much as thought. — R.H. Blyth

Through transcendence of duality, we foster greater unity in our lives, which brings about inner peace and the sprouting of unconditional LOVE. — Alaric Hutchinson

Zen is the complete absence of belief. Zen is the complete lack of authority. — Brad Warner

Zen is discipline - the discipline of living life, the discipline of taking a breath, the discipline of not knowing and not trying to know. — Frederick Lenz

Zen approaches it from the practical side of life-that is, to work out Enlightenment in life itself. — D.T. Suzuki

Tantric Zen is a state of mind — Frederick Lenz

Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes. — Alan W. Watts

In Tantric Zen you can be humorous and make fun of anything or you can be very serious. — Frederick Lenz

Tantric Zen leads to illumination and fun right here and now, which is why I like it. — Frederick Lenz

There is a classic Zen saying that a wave cannot be separated from the ocean, nor can the ocean be separated from a wave. — David Levy

Zen is the "spirit of the valley," not the mountaintop. — Robert M. Pirsig

There are few times that I feel more at peace, more in tune, more Zen, if you will, than when I force myself to unplug. — Harlan Coben

When mountain-climbing is made too easy, the spiritual effect the mountain exercises vanishes into the air. — D.T. Suzuki

Tantric Zen is more suited for this age that we live in. It give you rules, but in a gentle way. It's not as demanding. — Frederick Lenz

In the last five years I used to go to Zen practice once a month, but since I assumed the post of prime minister it's been much harder. — Shinzo Abe

The secret of Soto Zen is just two words: not always so ... In Japanese, it's two words, three words in English. That is the secret of our practice. — Shunryu Suzuki

Keep your opinion to yourself unless it's asked for. — Alaric Hutchinson

There's no rule in the end, but only the situation and the inclination of your mind — Steve Hagen

Happiness will be fleeting if you constantly search for it in places that can be taken away. It's an inside job. — Nikki Rowe

Meditation is the way the mind is. That's why in Zen they call it the natural state, which means you don't have to go and do anything to meditate. — Frederick Lenz

It is a mother's duty to teach her daughters about the uses of blood, particularly a magical daughter. — Zen Cho

A Zen master, when asked where he would go after he died, replied, 'To Hell, for that's where help is needed most.' — Philip Kapleau

He was a typical specimen of the younger son in avid pursuit of mediocrity with which the Theurgist's teemed: — Zen Cho

It is very possible to acknowledge another person's concerns without entering into their vibration. — Alaric Hutchinson

The mind's best trick is the illusion that it exists. — Marty Rubin

The light is already there. In Zen Buddhism there's a little speck of dust on the mirror, and that's us. — Frederick Lenz

The thinking brain influences the body's responses and it makes a neat little loop. — Brad Warner

For me, whenever I'm physical it spins my mind and whenever there's a lot going on I put my gloves on or I wrestle somebody and I feel zen. — Steven R. McQueen

Zen insight is not our awareness, but Being's awareness of itself in us. — Thomas Merton

A point of perspection dances in the balance of the seer's vision. — Zen Benefiel

In the mind of the beginner, all things are possible, But in the mind of the expert, only a few. Zen Master Suzuki-Roshi — Barbara L. Jordan

When angry, count to Zen. — Leonard Scheff

I'm not a dogmatic Christian and I don't believe in the Bible literally, but I realized that Jesus is basically a very Zen dude. — Weyes Blood

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few — Shunryu Suzuki