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Kazuaki Tanahashi

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Kazuaki Tanahashi is a distinguished Japanese author recognized for his works in the genres of fantasy and science fiction. Born in 1933, he has made substantial contributions to the literary world with his imaginative storytelling and distinctive viewpoints.

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“When a great house is about to crumble, a stick cannot keep it from falling.”

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“What pleases our mind is not dangerous enough.”

Mind Enough Dangerous Danger Please

Author:Kazuaki Tanahashi

“A painting works only on the edge of not working. Then what is ungraspable comes near.”

Progress Painting Edges

Author:Kazuaki Tanahashi

“Each moment is a miracle encompassing everything: the joy and sorrow, the failure and success, the disappointment and happiness, the celebration and grief.”

Moments Joy Grief Sorrow Miracle Disappointment Celebration Success And Failure Joys And Sorrows

Author:Kazuaki Tanahashi

“I think Dogen can be a very good introduction for people who want to meditate in whatever way, whether it's yoga, qigong, or Tibetan. It can help widen and deepen anyone's meditation experience.”

People Thinking Way Want Helping Meditation Yoga Very Good Introduction Tibetan Qigong

Author:Kazuaki Tanahashi

“In Dogen's writing, the practical instruction, philosophy and poetry are together in one voice. People hear about his poetry, go to his work, and expect to find poetry, or they hear about his philosophy and expect to find philosophy. They look just for practical instruction and find poetry and philosophy. They can't make out the complexity of his writing, become frustrated and let him go.”

People Writing Looks Philosophy Together Voice Practicals Complexity Instruction Frustrated Make Out Let Him Go

Author:Kazuaki Tanahashi

“We usually evaluate creative process in terms of how much feeling or thinking was behind the work or how well the work was done. Isn't there any other way of appreciating the process? What if the standard of excellence was how fully present the artist was during the process?”

Ifs Thinking Way Wells Done Feelings Artist Process Term Behinds Creative Standards Appreciate Excellence Appreciation What If Creative Process Evaluate

Author:Kazuaki Tanahashi

“The enso contains the perfect and imperfect; that is why it is always complete.”

Perfect Imperfect

Author:Kazuaki Tanahashi

“The circle is a reminder that each moment is not just the present, but is inclusive of our gratitude to the past and our responsibility to the future.”

Moments Past Responsibility Gratitude Future Metaphor Circles Reminders Past Present Future Calligraphy

Author:Kazuaki Tanahashi

“To be thoroughly lazy is a tough job, but somebody has to do it. Industrious people build industry. Lazy people build civilization.”

People Jobs Industry Civilization Tough Lazy Industrious Lazy People

Author:Kazuaki Tanahashi

“If you learn to enjoy waiting, you don't have to wait to enjoy.”

Ifs Waiting Enjoy

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“As soon as you accept the accidental effects, they are no longer accidents. They are necessity the part of yourself that you could not expect or design beforehand. Thus the realm of your creativity grows wider.”

Grows Accepting Creativity Effects Design Accidents Realms

Author:Kazuaki Tanahashi

“If you are under control, you lose the danger of glimpsing an unknown realm.”

Ifs Loses Danger Realms

Author:Kazuaki Tanahashi

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Born: 1933
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