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Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel read more
Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.
The world is not a problem; the problem is your unawareness
The world is not a problem; the problem is your unawareness
The only Zen you find on tops of mountains is the Zen you bring there
The only Zen you find on tops of mountains is the Zen you bring there
Learning Zen is a phenomenon of gold and dung. Before you understand it, it's like gold; after you understand it, read more
Learning Zen is a phenomenon of gold and dung. Before you understand it, it's like gold; after you understand it, it's like dung.
The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry read more
The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does.
If you can control a man’s thinking, you don’t have to worry about his actions. If you can determine what read more
If you can control a man’s thinking, you don’t have to worry about his actions. If you can determine what a man thinks you do not have worry about what he will do. If you can make a man believe that he is inferior, you don’t have to compel him to seek an inferior status, he will do so without being told and if you can make a man believe that he is justly an outcast, you don’t have to order him to the back door, he will go to the back door on his own and if there is no back door, the very nature of the man will demand that you build one.
The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.
The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.
Each night the Tree of Nut
out of naught knits neat nuts.
Each night the Tree of Nut
out of naught knits neat nuts.
