Quotes About Zen

I do know that some Buddhists are able to attain peace of mind.

Zen is a double-edged sword, killing words and thoughts, yet at the same time, giving them life. Although beyond human intellect and philosophy, Zen is their root and source.

Be totally in the Present moment Hovsep Kazezian - www.Hkazezian.com

An old pond—A frog leaping in—The sound of water.

Old pond — frogs jumped in — sound of water

???? ?????? ??? The deep Stillness Seeping into the rocks The voice of the Cicadas

Chrysanthemum Silence - monk Sips his morning tea.

El viejo estanque una rana se sumerge ruido de agua

Clouds – a chance to dodge moon-viewing.

Darkening waves – cry of wild ducks, faintly white.

Silencio la voz de la cigarra parte las rocas

Black forest nothing you say matters it snows all morning

Summer moon - Clapping hands I herald dawn

One after another In silent succession fall The flowers of yellow rose - The roar of tumbling water.

The ultimate mark of skillful running is the ability to run with minimal mental effort.

Zen cuts straight through the Quidditch match in progress and almost gets taken down by a Beater hurling a Nerf quaffle right at his machopartes.

Hornergy' is Zen's term for the indomitable athletic edge powered by sexual restraint. The basketball, baseball and football teams haven't had a winning season in years. The table-tennis team, however, is undefeated.

Being peaceful is being angel!

Master Shunryu Suzuki in his classic Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind.

I'm relaxed, Belk. I call it Zen and the art of not giving a shit.

It is really striking," says Gary Snyder, "that so very many people at Zen Center reject the term religion when it is applied to what they are doing. What is any religion? A little ritual, a little superstition, and some magic. That's Buddhism.

By the mid-1960s, students at Zen Center called their teacher Suzuki-roshi. The title roshi traditionally was accorded only to a few venerable Zen masters in Japan; however, in the West, it became customary to refer to all Zen teachers who receive Transmission as roshis.

Suzuki-roshi's historic Transmission of the dharma to one and only one American man haunts everything that ever happened at Zen Center.

Do not harm. This is the first precept, or obligatory rule for behavior, given to a Zen Buddhist during lay ordination, a ceremony that marks a period of sincere practice, typically a year, with a teacher and other practitioners. If the first precept was not clear to the Abbot, what had been transmitted to him from the ancient lineage of dharma teachers ?