Consider the core of the mind to be a wagon, with willpower to be carried about in it. Push it to a place where there can be failure, and there will be failure. Push it to a place where there can be success, and there will be success. But whether there is success or failure, if one entrusts himself to the straightness of this wagon of the core of the mind, he will attain right-mindedness in either case. Severing oneself from desire and being like a rock or tree, nothing will ever be achieved. Not departing from desire, but realizing a desireless right-mindedness - "this is the Way".
Consider the core of the mind to be a wagon, with willpower to be carried about in it. Push it to a place where there can be failure, and there will … - Takuan Soho
Consider the core of the mind to be a wagon, with willpower to be carried about in it. Push it to a place where there can be failure, and there will …
- Takuan Soho
Sever the edge between before and after. - Takuan Soho
Sever the edge between before and after.
When a person does not think, "Where shall I put it?" the mind will extend throughout the entire body and move to any place at all. . . . The effort … - Takuan Soho
When a person does not think, "Where shall I put it?" the mind will extend throughout the entire body and move to any place at all. . . . The effort …
Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won't see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you'll miss the entire forest. - Takuan Soho
Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won't see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you'll miss the entire forest.
Zen is to have the heart and soul of a little child. - Takuan Soho
Zen is to have the heart and soul of a little child.
When this No-Mind has been well developed, the mind does not stop with one thing nor does it lack any one thing. It appears appropriately when facing… - Takuan Soho
When this No-Mind has been well developed, the mind does not stop with one thing nor does it lack any one thing. It appears appropriately when facing…
The Buddha and all sentient beings are not two. - Takuan Soho
The Buddha and all sentient beings are not two.
Presumably, as a Martial artist, I do not fight for gain or loss, am not concerned with strength or weakness, and neither advance a step nor retreat … - Takuan Soho
Presumably, as a Martial artist, I do not fight for gain or loss, am not concerned with strength or weakness, and neither advance a step nor retreat …
It is the very mind itself that leads the mind astray - of the mind, do not be mindless - Takuan Soho
It is the very mind itself that leads the mind astray - of the mind, do not be mindless
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