Zen tings
Words from the masters
Zen tings
There is only one teacher. What is that teacher? Life itself. And of course each one of us is a manifestation of life; we couldn’t be anything else.
Charlotte J. Beck • Everyday Zen: Love and Work (Plus)
But when your practice deepens and it begins to dawn on you that all your thoughts are just thoughts, even that most basic of thoughts, the idea that your thoughts are generated by something called “self,” becomes questionable and finally dissolves away.
Brad Warner • Sit Down and Shut Up
‘But in Leonard’s world, the opposite of despair was not hope - it was clarity.‘
Shozan Jack Haubner
Writer and Zen monk https://t.co/sRWCBLlXv1
Do what you do as well as you possibly can. That’s Buddhist morality.
Brad Warner • Hardcore Zen
Both day and night, allow all things to come into and reside within your mind. Allow your mind (Self) and all things to function together as a whole.19
Kosho Uchiyama Roshi • How to Cook Your Life
One aspect of time is to separate; the other is to connect. The aspect of time that separates you from oth-ers is the human world. The aspect of time that connects you to others is universal truth. You are connected with all beings in time, which permeates into every inch of the cosmic universe, and space, where everyone and every-thing exists... See more
Each moment is the universe : Zen and the way of being time
Dainin Katagiri, Each Moment is the Universe
Engaged Buddhism has emerged over the past few decades as a framework for understanding how Buddhists can integrate practicing the Dharma with social justice issues. Often, engaged Buddhism is understood to mean that practitioners use the Dharma as a tool to gain deeper insight into injustice and to craft strategies to act dharmically in the world... See more
‘Woman Hold My Hand’
Your attitude towards things should not be contingent upon their quality. A person who is influenced by the quality of a thing, or who changes his speech or manner according to the appearance or position of the people he meets, is not a man working in the Way.