From M. Duthuit: “Draw bamboos for ten years, become a bamboo, then forget all about bamboos when you are drawing.”
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Quote of the day 01/13/25
From Confucius: “The way is not far from man. If we take the way as something superhuman, this is not the real way.”
Quote of the day 01/12/25
From Seng Ts’an: “The way is not difficult; but you must avoid choosing!”
Quote of the day 05/08/24
From Dogen: “Do not be concerned with the faults of other persons. Do not see others’ faults with a hateful mind. There is an old saying that if you stop seeing others’ faults, then naturally seniors and venerated and juniors are revered. Do not imitate others’ faults; just cultivate virtue. Buddha prohibited unwholesome actions, butContinue reading “Quote of the day 05/08/24”
Quote of the day 04/29/24
From Dogen: “As long as there is a hope or expectation of some result to be derived from zazen, then zazen is tainted.”
Quote of the day 04/28/24
From Dogen: “If there were fish that would swim or birds that would fly only after investigating the entire ocean or sky, they would find neither path nor place.”
Quote of the day 04/26/24
From Dogen: “If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.”
Quote of the day 04/25/24
From Dogen: “If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?”
Quote of the day 06-29-23
Here’s one from Alan Watts. “Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.”
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