zen what
People fear nothingness. However in zen, we are taught to value emptiness as a source of potential and creativity. Think of it as an empty garden or an empty canvas. We have to let go to be empty, and it is in that emptiness where we can start cultivating again.
Winnie Lim • what is there when there is nothing
Zen can essentially be reduced to three things.
Everything changes;
everything is interconnected;
pay attention to it.
If you think Zen is something lofty and esoteric, the master will give you a shout or slap for an answer. If you think it is abstract, you’ll be told it’s three pounds of flax or the oak tree in the garden. If you think it is beyond words and abstractions, the master may quote the sutras or a poem by Han Shan. If you think Zen is nothing but our
... See moreBarry Magid • Ending the Pursuit of Happiness: A Zen Guide
“it just changed” lol
Zen is, of course, a continuation of the old dhyana yoga, in which one just sits silently and allows one’s thoughts to go away by their own dead weight.
Robert M. Pirsig • On Quality: An Inquiry into Excellence: Unpublished and Selected Writings
die by their own dead weight! idk mine seem to replicate of their own accord like lil termites