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H2O is hot water, and CO2 is cold water

Friday, 24. March 2006, 17:30:07

quotes

"H₂O is hot water, and CO₂ is cold water"

Learning Zen is a phenomenon of gold and dung.
Before you understand it, it's like gold;
after you understand it, it's like dung.

Zen quotes:

Be master of mind rather than mastered by mind.
Better to see the face than to hear the name.
Better to sit all night than to go to bed with a dragon.
Better to struggle with a sick jackass than carry the wood by yourself.
Chop wood, carry water.
From the withered tree, a flower blooms.
If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
One moon shows in every pool; in every pool, the one moon.
Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard and strong.
Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.
The infinite is in the finite of every instant.
The obstacle is the path.
The world is like a mirror, you see? Smile, and your friends smile back.
Zen perfectly balanced garden will contain the five elements of nature - water, earth, fire, wood and metal.

Living in the world,
Yet not clinging to or forming
Attachments for the dust of the world,
Is the way of a true Zen student.
Witnessing the good actions of another person,
Encourage yourself to follow their example.
Hearing of the mistaken action of another person,
Advise yourself not to emulate it.
Even though you are alone in a dark room
Conduct yourself as though you were facing a noble guest.

- Zen-Getsu

Shunryu Suzuki quotes:

A garden is never finished.
At high noon or in the dark moonless night there is a light. Can you see it? And, by the way, who are you?
If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few.
In Japan we have the phrase, "Shoshin," which means "beginner's mind." Our "original mind" includes everything within itself. It is always rich and sufficient within itself. This does not mean a closed mind, but actually an empty mind and a ready mind. If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything. It is open to everything. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few.
Life is like stepping onto a boat which is about to sail out to sea and sink.
Real Practice has orientation or direction, but it has no purpose or gaining idea, so it can include everything that comes
The world is its own magic.
Usually when someone believes in a particular religion, his attitude becomes more and more a sharp angle pointing away from himself. In our way the point of the angle is always toward ourselves
When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yoursel
When we inhale, the air comes into the inner world. When we exhale, the air goes out to the outer world. The inner world is limitless, and the outer world is also limitless. We say "inner world" or "outer world" but actually, There is just one whole world.
Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.
Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.

Shunryu Suzuki (1904 - 1971) was a Japanese Zen master of the Soto school, spiritual descendant of Zen master Dogen. He moved to San Francisco in 1959 and founded the San Francisco Zen Center in 1962. The Zen Center later created Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, the first Zen training monastery outside of Asia, and Green Gulch Farm. At the time of Suzuki's arrival, Zen had become a hot topic amongst some groups in the United States, especially beatniks. A collection of his teishos (Zen talks) were bundled in the books "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind" and "Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen." His lectures are collected in "Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness".

Dalai Lama quotes:

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness ... the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.
Be kind whenever possible.It is always possible.
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness

His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, born 1935, is the spiritual and temporal leader of the Tibetan people. Since 1959 on exile. Nobel Peace Prize 1989.

Daisaku Ikeda quotes:

A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.
Buddhism holds that everything is in constant flux. Thus the question is whether we are to accept change passively and be swept away by it or whether we are to take the lead and create positive changes on our own initiative. While conservatism and se
Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life. This is not an easy struggle. Indeed, it may be the most difficult task in the world, for opening
Salute to the Smiling Faces of the 21st Century
Strength is Happiness. Strength is itself victory. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness. When you wage a struggle, you might win or you might lose. But regardless of the short-term outcome, the very fact of your continuing to struggle is proof of your victory as a human being.
The determination to win is the better part of winning
With love and patience, nothing is impossible.