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“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.”

Thinking Knows Mind Looks Reality Lying Awareness Walking Sitting Standing Empty Oneself Liberation Delusion Lying Down

Book:The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

“One of the most persistent of all delusions is the conviction that the source of our dissatisfaction lies outside ourselves.”

Lying Source Conviction Delusion Persistent Dissatisfaction

Book:Mind in the Balance: Meditation in Science, Buddhism, and Christianity

Source: Mind in the Balance: Meditation in Science, Buddhism, and Christianity

“Good intentions are wicked! As far as I can see, all they lead to are lies and delusions.”

I Can Lying Intention Wicked Delusion Good Intentions

Book:Duplicate Keys

Source: Duplicate Keys

“In a sense, you're always mythologizing your life; it's always an effort to make yourself epic. At least in fiction you can lie and sort of justify your delusion about your "epicness." But when you're writing a memoir, you're trying to make your life epic and it's not - nobody's life is.”

Writing Trying Life Is Lying Effort Fiction Memoir Delusion Justify Epic

Author:Sherman Alexie