Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Daily Zen Quote - May 31, 2017
Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.
~ Buddha
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Daily Zen Quote - May 30, 2017
One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand on the battlefield.
~ Buddha
Monday, May 29, 2017
Daily Zen Quote - May 29, 2017
A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even we do not love it.
~ Dogen Zenji
Sunday, May 28, 2017
Daily Zen Quote - May 28, 2017
Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.
~ Shunryu Suzuki
Saturday, May 27, 2017
Daily Zen Quote - May 27, 2017
If you understand, things are just as they are...If you do not understand, things are just as they are.
~ Anonymous
Friday, May 26, 2017
Daily Zen Quote - May 26, 2017
You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.
~ Buddha
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Daily Zen Quote - May 25, 2017
In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
~ Dogen Zenji
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Daily Zen Quote - May 24, 2017
Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken. Take heed, do not squander your life.
~ Dogen Zenji
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Daily Zen Quote - May 23, 2017
I come to realize that mind is no other than mountains and rivers and the great wide Earth, the Sun and the Moon and Stars.
~ Dogen Zenji
Monday, May 22, 2017
Daily Zen Quote - May 22, 2017
Those who see worldly life as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions. They have not yet discovered that there are no everyday actions outside of Dharma.
~ Dogen Zenji
Dharma -
the teaching or religion of the Buddha.
Sunday, May 21, 2017
Daily Zen Quote - May 21, 2017
Those who see worldly life as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions. They have not yet discovered that there are no everyday actions outside of Dharma.
~ Dogen Zenji
Saturday, May 20, 2017
Daily Zen Quote - May 20, 2017
To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
~ Dogen Zenji
Friday, May 19, 2017
Daily Zen Quote - May 19, 2017
Harmonizing opposites by going back to their source is the distinctive quality of the Zen attitude, the Middle Way: embracing contradictions, making a synthesis of them, achieving balance.
~ Taisen Deshimaru
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Daily Zen Quote - May 18, 2017
If you have a glass full of liquid you can discourse forever on its qualities, discuss whether it is cold, warm, whether it is really and truly composed of H-2-0, or even mineral water, or sake. Mediation is Drinking it!
~ Taisen Deshimaru
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Daily Zen Quote - May 16, 2017
When an ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage attains understanding, he is an ordinary man.
~ Anonymous
Monday, May 15, 2017
Daily Zen Quote - May 15, 2017
The one who is good at shooting does not hit the center of the target.
~ Anonymous
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Saturday, May 13, 2017
Daily Zen Quote - May 13, 2017
You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is a child, but also that you become a child.
~ Dogen Zenji
Friday, May 12, 2017
Daily Zen Quote - May 12, 2017
When someone you love becomes a memory,
The memory becomes a treasure.
~ Unknown
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Daily Zen Quote - May 11, 2017
Give your flesh back to your mother and your bones back to you father and then show me your original face.
~ Zen Saying
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Daily Zen Quote - May 10, 2017
Just as with her own life,
A mother shields from hurt her own son,
her only child.
Let all-embracing thoughts
For al beings be yours.
~ Buddha
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Daily Zen Quote - May 9, 2017
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born.
She never existed before.
The woman existed, but the mother, never.
A mother is something absolutely new.
~ Rajneesh
Monday, May 8, 2017
Sunday, May 7, 2017
Saturday, May 6, 2017
Daily Zen Quote - May 6, 2017
Train your mind to see the good in everything. Being positive is a choice. The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.
~ Unknown
Friday, May 5, 2017
Daily Zen Quote - May 5, 2017
Higher consciousness, enlightenment, comes from the meaningful experiences and lessons passed with the understanding that there truly is ony one law, the Law of Love. When one leads a life expressing this belief, the mind and heart begin to open to new realities, and other dimensional truths become known.
~ Dr. Norma & Dr. Shirley
Thursday, May 4, 2017
Daily Zen Quote - May 4, 2017
Life exists only at this very moment, and in this moment it is infinite and eternal, for the present moment is infinitely small; before we can measure it. It has gone, and yet it exists forever.
~ Alan Watts
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Daily Zen Quote - May 3, 2017
There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth...not going all the way, or not starting.
~ Buddha
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Daily Zen Quote - May 2, 2017
Zen is a way of liberation, concerned not with discovering what is good or bad or advantageous, but what is.
~ Alan Watts
Monday, May 1, 2017
Daily Zen Quote - May 1, 2017
Strange how a teapot can represent at the same time
The comforts of solitude and the pleasures of company.
~ Zen Haiku
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