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“If you play your role well in whatever script life has given you in the present moment, you will get signed for a better script in the future.”

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“While a "don't-know mind" is alive and full of possibilities, a mind that claims to know is a closed and stagnant one.”

Book:The Zen Teachings of Jesus

Source: The Zen Teachings of Jesus

“Reality is neither good nor bad; it is a matter of how we choose to perceive it. For someone who has mastered the art of seeing, the world is always perfect. External reality does not have to change in order to make us happy. The secret lies in changing our perception of it.”

Book:The Zen Teachings of Jesus

Source: The Zen Teachings of Jesus

“Make love to the present and give birth to your own beautiful future. If you make love to the demons of guilt and worries, you will give birth to a problematic future.”

Life Inspirational Motivation Spirituality Buddhism Zen Hinduism Living In The Present

Author:Shunya

“One of the most profound truths that Mahayana Buddhism teaches is that nirvana is samsara (the troubled world). [...] The same truth is expressed most beautifully in the Christian image of the Incarnation: God descends to reascend. There can be no ascension without descent. We must realize that Zen and Christianity are not telling two different stories but one story.”

Book:The Zen Teachings of Jesus

Source: The Zen Teachings of Jesus

“Zen people almost never talk about hell or sin. For the real problem is ignorance, especially ignorance about our true identity.”

Book:The Zen Teachings of Jesus

Source: The Zen Teachings of Jesus

“As Catholic mystic Thomas Merton observed, "Everything that is, is holy." To see the truth of this statement is the beginning of an abundant life.”

Book:The Zen Teachings of Jesus

Source: The Zen Teachings of Jesus

“Intellectually, we all know that we cannot avoid death. But for most people, there is usually a wide discrepancy between between intellectual reality and psychological reality. Psychologically, we tend to deny death. [...] Recognizing the reality of death psychologically and not just intellectually is an important part of spiritual awakening.”

Book:The Zen Teachings of Jesus

Source: The Zen Teachings of Jesus

“Enlightenment is not an achievement; it is just the seeing of reality as it is. In fact, nirvana is simply what is. We have been staring at it all our lives, and yet so few of us get it. The fact is that life is at the same time lamentable and beautiful. When we realize this humorous and absurd beauty of life, what can we do but to burst into laughter?”

Book:The Zen Teachings of Jesus

Source: The Zen Teachings of Jesus

“To do God's will is simply to surrender our ego and accept what is. It is to develop a nonviolent approach to life: to recognize and accept our weaknesses and limitations, to be friendly with the universe instead of fighting against it, to accept that there are things that we simply cannot control or predict.”

Book:The Zen Teachings of Jesus

Source: The Zen Teachings of Jesus

“Disappointment is the fast track to enlightenment because it accelerates our coming to terms with reality.”

Book:The Zen Teachings of Jesus

Source: The Zen Teachings of Jesus