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Yamada Koun

Yamada Koun Biography

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Yamada Koun, born in 1907 and died in 1989, was a historical figure in Japan. His profession and life experiences are not well-documented.

Yamada Koun, born in 1907 and died in 1989, was a historical figure in Japan. His profession and life experiences are not well-documented.

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“In the same way your life is the continuity of standing up, sitting down, laughing, sleeping, waking up, drinking, eating, and, of course, being born and dying. That is the continuity of the whole universe.”

Way Whole Life Is Universe Courses Born Sleep Laughing Dying Eating Sitting Standing Wake Up Drinking Waking Continuity Sitting Down

Book:The Gateless Gate: The Classic Book of Zen Koans

Source: The Gateless Gate: The Classic Book of Zen Koans

“Someone who wants to attain enlightenment must be brave. He must rush into the crowd of enemies with a dagger. In the practice of Zen, enemies are our delusive thoughts and passions.”

Want Passion Enemy Practice Enlightenment Brave Crowds Be Brave Daggers

Book:The Gateless Gate: The Classic Book of Zen Koans

Source: The Gateless Gate: The Classic Book of Zen Koans

“The entrance into Zen is the grasping of one's essential nature. It is absolutely impossible, however, to come to a clear understanding of our essential nature by any intellectual or philosophical method. It is accomplished only by the experience of self-realization through zazen.”

Self Understanding Nature Clear Impossible Essentials Intellectual Experience Philosophical Method Self Realization Realization Accomplished Entrances Grasping

Book:The Gateless Gate: The Classic Book of Zen Koans

Source: The Gateless Gate: The Classic Book of Zen Koans

“Every moment is the manifestation of the whole. Life itself is, therefore, nothing but the continuous moment of the whole, and everybody is living the continuous moment of the whole.”

Whole Moments Whole Life Manifestation

Book:The Gateless Gate: The Classic Book of Zen Koans

Source: The Gateless Gate: The Classic Book of Zen Koans

“The practice of Zen is forgetting the self in the act of uniting with something.”

Self Forget Practice Uniting

Author:Yamada Koun

“The purpose of Zen is the perfection of character.”

Character Purpose Perfection

Author:Yamada Koun

About the Author

Born: 1907
Died: 1989
Known for: Author
Quotes: 6

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