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- Do not choose, keep in the middle
Osho • The Book of Secrets: 112 Meditations to Discover the Mystery Within
The origins of Zen are as much Taoist as Buddhist, and, because its flavor is so peculiarly Chinese, it may be best to begin by inquiring into its Chinese ancestry–illustrating, at the same time, what is meant by a way of liberation by the example of Taoism.
Alan W. Watts • The Way of Zen
Zen might be a very dangerous medicine in a social context where convention is weak, or, at the other extreme, where there is a spirit of open revolt against convention ready to exploit Zen for destructive purposes.
Alan W. Watts • The Way of Zen
The Japanese psychiatrist, Shoma Morita, asked us to embrace the concept of Arugamama – meaning to “accept things as they are.” Acceptance is the alternative to control.
Gregg Krech • Tunneling for Sunlight: Twenty-One Maxims of Living Wisdom from Buddhism and Japanese Psychology to Cope with Difficult Times
Zhaozhou often quoted this saying by Sengcan: “The great way is not difficult if you just don’t pick and choose.”
John Tarrant • Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life
Zen Buddhism is a way and a view of life which does not belong to any of the formal categories of modern Western thought. It is not religion or philosophy; it is not a psychology or a type of science. It is an example of what is known in India and China as a “way of liberation,” and is similar in this respect to Taoism, Vedanta, and Yoga.
Alan W. Watts • The Way of Zen
Teitaro Suzuki, unofficial lay master of Zen Buddhism, humorous offbeat scholar, and about the most gentle and enlightened person I have ever known; for he combined the most complex learning with utter simplicity. He was versed in Japanese, English, Chinese, Sanskrit, Tibetan, French, Pali, and German, but while attending a meeting of the Buddhist
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Mahayana does not mean leaving the world and abandoning social connections and responsibilities. Rather, it involves a more inner renunciation in which we give up our designs and preconceptions regarding others and aspire to work with them as and where they are
Reginald A. Ray • In the Presence of Masters: Wisdom from 30 Contemporary Tibetan Buddhist Teachers
Norman Fischer, a former Abbott of the San Francisco Zen Center, has emphasized our resistance to leaving everything alone, and the temptation to turn zazen into a technique: “The problem is that we actually are incapable of seeing zazen as useless because our minds cannot accept the fundamental genuineness, the alrightness of our lives. We are
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