Quotes About Zen

Why couldn't the Buddhist vacuum in corners? A. Because she had no attachments.

No. Rien à faire. Rien. Faut pas penser. Faut accepter.

Don't think of what you have to do, don't consider how to carry it out! he exclaimed. The shot will only go smoothly when it takes the archer himself by surprise.

You worry yourself unnecessarily. Put the thought of hitting right out of your mind!

The shot will only go smoothly when it takes the archer himself by surprise.

The hand that stretches the bow must open like a child's hand opens. What sometimes hinders the precision of the shot is the archer's over-active will. He thinks: What I fail to do will not be done, and that's not quite how things work. Man should always act, but he must also let other forces of the universe act in their own due time.

the Master's warning that we should not practice anything except self-detaching immersion.

Put the thought of hitting right out of your mind! You can be a Master even if every shot does not hit. The hits on the target is only an outward proof and confirmation of your purposelessness at its highest, of your egolessness, your self-abandonment, or whatever you like to call this state. There are different grades of mastery, and only when you have made the last grade will you be sure of not missing the goal.

only the truly detached can understand what is meant by "detachment"

We all feel shame when we're sitting on the cushion and stuff pops up in our head.

Zen is not interested in high-flown statements; it wants its pupil to bite his apple and not discuss it.

The older I get the more laid back I am about whatever happens, happens.

When I'm on the court, I feel all problems go away.

Nothing will distract me from my focus, my galactic mind.

There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt.

I'm not a New Age person, but I do believe in meditation, and for that reason I've always liked the Buddhist religion. When I've been to Japan, I've been to Buddhist temples and meditated, and I found that rewarding.

Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.

The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.

The only Zen you find on tops of mountains is the Zen you bring there.

Thich Naht Hahn: The path is the goal.

joriki, que significa "mente concentrada".

The second exercise is a favorite of Yogi Raman's. He used to go an entire day without speaking, except in response to a direct question." "Kind of like a vow of silence?" "Actually that's exactly what it was, John. The Tibetan monks who popularized this practice believed that to hold one's tongue for an extended period of time would have the effect of enhancing one's discipline.

Wheels turning, the motorcycle's roar grows steady, which, too, is a form of silence.

an old Zen proverb: "When the master points at the Moon, many people never see it at all, they only look at the master.