“Not thinking about anything is zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is zen. To know that the mind is empty is to see the buddha.... Using the mind to reality is delusion. Not using the mind to look for reality is awareness. Freeing oneself from words is liberation.” ThinkingKnowsMindLooksRealityLyingAwarenessWalkingSittingStandingEmptyOneselfLiberationDelusionLying Down Book:The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
“The awareness of mortals falls short. As long as they're attached to appearances, they're unaware that their minds are empty. And by mistakenly clinging to the appearance of things they lose the Way.” WayMindLongFallLosesAwarenessEmptyAppearanceMortalsClinging Author:Bodhidharma
“Why chase after thoughts, which are superficial ripples of present awareness? Rather look directly into the naked, empty nature of thoughts; then there is no duality, no observer, and nothing observed. Simply rest in this transparent, nondual present awareness. Make yourself at home in the natural state of pure presence, just being, not doing anything in particular.” LooksStatesHomeNaturalAwarenessParticularPureEmptyNakedJust BeingSuperficialObserversTransparentDualityRipple Author:Jamgon Kongtrul
“Empty Cradle, Broken Heart is written with great awareness and sensitivity. Deborah Davis gets it just right.” HeartWrittenAwarenessBrokenEmptySensitivityCradle Author:Sheila Kitzinger
“Observe and gradually you will come to see that all existence is occurring in empty awareness.” ExistenceAwarenessEmpty Author:Mooji
“Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.” IfsThinkingInspirationalMindFormFightingGrowthWaterInspiringLearningMeditationAwarenessFriendsBecomingShapesMy FriendsFlowEmptyCupsMartial ArtsBottlesCrashFlexibilityAdaptabilityKarateHindranceDrink WaterMeditation MindMartial Arts InspirationalMeditation MindfulnessTeapotsFlowing WaterBody AwarenessEmpty MindEmpty CupTraining The Mind Author:Bruce Lee
“Because of watching your breath and thoughts you have come to know now that you are neither thoughts nor your breath, you are the watcher, the witness. This is awareness. This is what I call meditation. Once you have known this awareness you are unidentified with your body, with your mind. Now you experience a vastness inside you, in one sense utterly empty and in another sense overflowingly full. Because of its emptiness you will remain calm and quiet. And because of its overflowing fullness you will be creative.” KnowsMindBodyKnownCreativeMeditationAwarenessQuietEmptyBreathsCalmYour BodyWitnessEmptinessCall MeBe CreativeFullnessVastnessWatchers Author:Rajneesh
“Only no-mind can be without any duality, because it is empty. The no-mind is choicelessness. The no-mind is pure awareness. It is just the empty sky.” MindSkyAwarenessPureEmptyDuality Author:Rajneesh
“Just by being aware, thoughts start disappearing. There is no need to fight. Your awareness is enough to destroy them. And when the mind is empty, the temple is ready. And inside the temple the only god worth placing is silence. So those three words you have to remember: relaxation, thoughtlessness, silence. And if these three words are no more words to you but become experiences, your life will be transformed.” IfsNeedsMindEnoughRememberFightingThreeSilenceAwarenessReadyEmptyDisappearTemplesTransformedRelaxationThree WordsThoughtlessness Author:Rajneesh