Zen Thoughts...

*G_Man* · 02-06-2006, 06:15 AM

All things are Buddhist teachings; all things are liberating. Walking, standing, sitting, all are liberating acts.

MA-TSU

Websponge · 02-06-2006, 07:27 AM

Determination is trying to nail a fresh turd to the ceiling,

Webby 2006

**Sp00k** · 02-06-2006, 08:56 AM

Do not entertain hopes for realization, but practice all your life
- Milarepa

**Nightmare** · 02-06-2006, 07:54 PM

When you expect something, when you aim at something, right there you dilute your energy; you split your energy, you split your attention and it becomes more than the place of yin and yang. You do not only divide, but you create the problem..
- Taizan Maezumi

*G_Man* · 02-07-2006, 06:30 AM

Meditation is when you sit down and do nothing. Poetry is when you sit down and do something.

NORMAN FISCHER

**Sp00k** · 02-07-2006, 07:11 AM

Let your mind wander in simplicity, blend your spirit with the vastness, follow along with things the way they are, and make no room for personal views-then the world will be governed....Chuang-tzu.

**Nightmare** · 02-07-2006, 06:55 PM

Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine
- Shunryu Suzuki

*Big Boss* · 02-07-2006, 07:04 PM

with great power comes great responsibility- Uncle Ben

**Nightmare** · 02-08-2006, 04:04 AM

A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it
- Dogen Zenji

*G_Man* · 02-08-2006, 05:51 AM

Without the bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance to the whole world?

BASHŌ

**Sp00k** · 02-08-2006, 08:08 AM

Just think of the trees: they let the birds perch and fly, with no intention to call them when they come and no longing for their return when they fly away. If people's hearts can be like the trees, they will not be off the Way.

Langya

**Sp00k** · 02-09-2006, 08:35 AM

No thought, no reflection, no analysis, no cultivation, no intention; let it settle itself.

Tilopa.

*G_Man* · 02-09-2006, 03:36 PM

Icy wind
cuts through deep night,
missing only
the gibbonâ€™s howl.

PAO Tâ€™AN