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“The right art is purposeless, aimless! 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.”

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D.T. Suzuki

D.T. Suzuki, a renowned Japanese philosopher, Buddhist scholar, and translator, was born on October 18, 1870, and died on July 12, 1966. He is best known for his profound research into Zen Buddhism and his influential translations, which have greatly contributed to the Western understanding of Eastern philosophy and culture. more

“In the spiritual world there are no time divisions such as the past, present and future; for they have contracted themselves into a single moment of the present where life quivers in its true sense. The past and the future are both rolled up in this present moment of illumination, and this present moment is not something standing still with all its contents, for it ceaselessly moves on.”

World Stills Moments Past Spiritual Moving Standing Present Moment Division Illumination Single Mom Past Present Past Present And Future Quiver Standing Still

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“Zen professes itself to be the spirit of Buddhism, but in fact it is the spirit of all religions and philosophies.”

Philosophy Facts Spirit Buddhism

Book:An Introduction to Zen Buddhism

Source: An Introduction to Zen Buddhism

“The contradiction so puzzling to the ordinary way of thinking comes from the fact that we have to use language to communicate our inner experience, which in its very nature transcends linguistics.”

Thinking Way Facts Use Language Ordinary Communicate Contradiction Way Of Thinking Linguistics Puzzling

Author:D.T. Suzuki

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