“Anywhere we go, we will have our self with us; we cannot escape ourselves.” PeaceBuddhismMindfulnessZenPeace Of MindZen Buddhism Author:Thích Nhất Hạnh
“I'm born with wild horses in my head.. With an imagination to conquer this world.. I will not settle for the comforts of a golden cage.” InspirationalMotivationalInspirational AttitudeZenSufism Author:Jasz Gill
“When no discriminating thoughts arise, the old mind ceases to exist. When thought objects vanish, the thinking-subject vanishes, as when the mind vanishes, objects vanish. Things are objects because of the subject; the mind is such because of things. Understand the relativity of these two and the basic reality: the unity of emptiness. In this Emptiness the two are indistinguishable and each contains in itself the whole world. If you do not discriminate between coarse and fine you will not be tempted to prejudice and opinion.” BuddhismUnityZenEmptinessDualityChan Author:Sengcan
“If the eye never sleeps, all dreams will naturally cease. If the mind makes no discriminations, the ten thousand things are as they are, of single essence. To understand the mystery of this One essence is to be released from all entanglements. When all things are seen equally the timeless Self-essence is reached. No comparisons or analogies are possible in this causeless, relationless state. Consider movement stationary and the stationary in motion, both movement and rest disappear. When such dualities cease to exist Oneness itself cannot exist. To this ultimate finality no law or description applies.” BuddhismUnityZenEmptinessDualityChan Author:Sengcan
“To practice with an end in view is to have one eye on the practice and the other on the end, which is lack of concentration, lack of sincerity.” PracticeZenConcentration Author:Alan Wilson Watts
“Don’t read books! Don’t chant poems! When you read books your eyeballs wither away leaving the bare sockets. When you chant poems your heart leaks out slowly with each word. People say reading books is enjoyable. People say chanting poems is fun. But if your lips constantly make a sound like an insect chirping in autumn, you will only turn into a haggard old man. And even if you don’t turn into a haggard old man, it’s annoying for others to have to hear you. It’s so much better to close your eyes, sit in your study, lower the curtains, sweep the floor, burn incense. It’s beautiful to listen to the wind, listen to the rain, take a walk when you feel energetic, and when you’re tired go to sleep.” PoetryZenPeacefulChinese12th Century Author:Yang Wanli
“Zen is the period of time during which a person has true clarity of vision.” VisionAwarenessBuddhismZenTaoismTaoBuddhaVisionary Author:Dr. Ernst Arnold
“In general, I call her every night, and we talk for an hour, which is forty-five minutes of me, and fifteen minutes of her stirring her tea, which she steeps with the kind of Zen patience that would make Buddhists sit up in envy and then breathe through their envy and then move past their envy.” PatienceZenBuddhistTeaTea Lovers Book:The Color Master: Stories Source: The Color Master: Stories
“We grow up to believe that we are supposed to somehow "become" who we are meant to be through the trial-by-fire that is life here on planet Earth. Reality is...there's no "becoming". It's actually all an "un-becoming", only to reunite with who you were born to be in the first place before society told you otherwise.” SpiritualSpiritualityConsciousnessBuddhismZenCosmic ConsciousnessSpirit Science Author:Jennifer Sodini
“You are not your thoughts!! This simple yet powerful statement can greatly change the quality of your life.” LoveMindTruthIdentitySelf LoveEgoThoughtsZen Author:Dawn Gluskin