“The right shot at the right moment does not come because you do not let go of yourself. You do not wait for fulfilment, but brace yourself for failure.” DoeMomentsWaitingFailureLetting GoShotsFulfilmentRight MomentBraces Book:Zen Source: Zen
“This means that the mind or spirit is present anywhere, because it is nowhere attached to any particular place. And it can remain present because, even when related to this or that object, it does not cling to it by reflection and thus lose its original mobility.” MindMeanDoeSpiritLosesObjectsParticularReflectionOriginalsRelatedMobility Author:Eugen Herrigel
“The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the less you will succeed in the one and the further the other will recede. What stands in your way is that you have a much too willful will. You think that what you do not do yourself does not happen.” ThinkingWayTryingDoeHappensSuccessGoalLearningWillingSucceedPerseveranceSakeShootingPersistenceHittingKey To SuccessArrowsRoad To SuccessRecipe For SuccessDoings Book:Zen Source: Zen
“Zen Buddhism does not preach. Sermons remain words. It waits until people feel stifled and insecure, driven by a secret longing.” PeopleFeelsDoeWaitingSecretBuddhismLongingDrivenInsecureSermonsZen Buddhism Author:Eugen Herrigel
