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Rinzai Roku (a celebrated Zen text of the T’ang dynasty) and the teachings of Bankei, the seventeenth-century Japanese master who, for me, represents Zen at its best.
Alan Watts • In My Own Way: An Autobiography
Shunryu Suzuki • Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
The goal of Zen is to awaken to life as it is, rather than stay in the comparative dream world of our ideas about it.
Domyo Sater Burk • Zen Living
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 ev
... See moreBarry Magid • Ending the Pursuit of Happiness: A Zen Guide
This attitude of “acting as a Buddha” is particularly stressed in the Soto School, where both za-zen and the round of daily activities are not at all seen as means to an end but as the actual realization of Buddhahood.