“Harmonizing opposites by going back to their source is the distinctive quality of the Zen attitude, the Middle Way: embracing contradictions, making a synthesis of them, achieving balance.” WayAttitudeQualityMiddleAchieveSourceBalanceOppositesBuddhistContradictionDistinctiveSynthesisMiddle Way Author:Taisen Deshimaru
“Zen is not a particular state but the normal state: silent, peaceful, unagitated. In Zazen neither intention, analysis, specific effort nor imagination take place. It's enough just to be without hypocrisy, dogmatism, arrogance - embracing all opposites.” StatesEnoughImaginationEffortParticularBalanceNormalMindfulnessOppositesIntentionSilentPeacefulAnalysisArroganceHypocrisyDogmatism Author:Taisen Deshimaru
