Essential Zen, Kazuaki Tanahashi & David Schneider.
- Zen students through the centuries have been after all been only human beings with a meditation habit. - D. Schneider.
- If Zen emphasizes anything at all in terms of a "philosophy," it would be nowness -- the present moment, the present mind. - D.S.
- One important Zen aesthetic bias would be space. Sometimes you need a mark to point out space. - D.S.
- On the fourth day of painful sesshin, Suzuki Roshi began his talk by slowly saying, "The problems you are now experiencing [will go away, right? we were thinking] will ... continue ... for... the... rest... of... your... life." The way he said it, everyone laughed. -- Ed Brown.
- There's nothing that we lack. Each of us is perfect and complete, lacking nothing. But this truth must be realized by each one of us. Great faith, great doubt, and great determination are three essentials for that realization. - John Daido Loori.
- Seven times knocked down, eight times up. (great determination)
- Your continuous practice creates the circle of the way. - Dogen.
Books mentioned for further reading.
- Peace is Every Step, Thich Nhat Hanh.
- Thank You and OK: An American Zen Failure in Japan, David Chadwick.
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