Zen Thoughts...

*G_Man* · 01-26-2006, 09:23 PM

I have been reading all day, confined to my room, and feel tired. I raise the screen and face the broad daylight. I move the chair on the veranda and look at the blue mountains. I draw a long breath, fill my lungs with fresh air and feel entirely refreshed. I make tea and drink a cup or two of it. Who would say that I am not living in the light of eternity?

D. T. SUZUKI

**Sp00k** · 01-27-2006, 10:08 AM

To be a man of knowledge one need to be light and fluid.
Yaqui Mystic

*G_Man* · 01-27-2006, 12:56 PM

The sun is high in the sky, shining on everything. Why is it blocked by a cloud?
Everyone has a shadow, with us always.
Why canâ€™t you step on it?
The whole world is a pit of fire. What state of mind can you attain to avoid being burned?

KAO-FENG

wIggy · 01-27-2006, 04:08 PM

man who stands on toilet is high on pot

*G_Man* · 01-28-2006, 12:19 AM

A Zen masterâ€™s life is one continuous mistake.

DŌGEN

**Sp00k** · 01-28-2006, 08:28 AM

Zen opens a man's eyes to the greatest mystery as
it is daily and hourly performed; it enlarges the
heart to embrace eternity of time and infinity of
space in its every palpitation; it makes us live
in the world as if walking in the garden of Eden

- D. T. Suzuki

*G_Man* · 01-29-2006, 12:28 AM

I have realized that the past and the future are real illusions, that they exist only in the present, which is what there is and all there is.

ALAN WATTS

**Sp00k** · 01-29-2006, 02:07 AM

Go straight to the empty and free and vast, with no pondering what to think. The previous thought is already extinct, the following thought does not arise, the present thought is itself empty.
- Tâ€™aego

iluvpenguins · 01-29-2006, 10:56 AM

Adversity cause some men to break; others to break records. - William A. Ward

*G_Man* · 01-30-2006, 05:29 AM

There is no special â€œthingâ€.? to Buddhism. It can energize people, and it can kill people, too. Seeing into essential nature and becoming enlightened is beyond any Buddhism and penetrates everywhere.

HSUAN-SHA

**Sp00k** · 01-30-2006, 10:39 AM

So an ancient once said, "Accept the anxieties and
difficulties of this life". Don't expect your
practice to be clear of obstacles. Without
hindrances the mind that seeks enlightenment may
be burnt out. So an ancient once said, "Attain
deliverance in disturbances".

- Zen Master Kyong Ho
[ 1849-1912]

*G_Man* · 02-01-2006, 05:25 AM

Do not try to predefine understanding, and do not make a principle out of non-understanding.

YING-AN

**Sp00k** · 02-01-2006, 08:59 AM

When you're deluded, every statement is an ulcer; when you're enlightened, every word is wisdom.

Zhiqu