Implicity, there should be something mysterious in every day.
Interpretation
Every day holds a sense of mystery and wonder that encourages us to explore and appreciate it.
D.T. Suzuki emphasizes the importance of finding mystery in the everyday aspects of life. This quote invites us to recognize that even the most routine moments can be filled with depth and intrigue, encouraging a mindset of curiosity and appreciation for the subtle wonders around us.
In practice
In a motivational speech about appreciating life.
Zen, in its essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's own being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom. By making us drink right from the fountain of life it liberates us from all the yokes under which we finite beings are usually suffering in this world.
The basic idea of Zen is to come in touch with the inner workings of our being, and to do this in the most direct way possible, without resorting to anything external or superadded. Therefore, anything that has the semblance of an external authority is rejected by Zen. Absolute faith is placed in a man's own inner being. For whatever authority there is in Zen, all comes from within.
Who would then deny that when I am sipping tea in my tearoom I am swallowing the whole universe with it and that this very moment of my lifting the bowl to my lips is eternity itself transcending time and space?
The rocks are where they are- and this is their will. The rivers flow- and this is their will. The birds fly- this is their will. Human beings talk- this is their will. The seasons change, heaven sends down rain or snow, the earth occasionally shakes, the waves roll, the stars shine- each of them follows its own will. To be is to will and so is to become.
Enlightenment is like everyday consciousness but two inches above the ground.
We teach ourselves; Zen merely points the way.
It is very iniquitous to make me pay my debts - you have no idea of the pain it gives one.
Homicide, /n./ The slaying of one human by another. There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slain whether he died by one kind or another - the classification is for the advantage of the lawyers.
Europe has what we do not have yet, a sense of the mysterious and inexorable limits of life, a sense, in a word, of tragedy. And we have what they sorely need: a sense of life's possibilities.
As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.
Man can find meaning in life only through devoting himself to society.
Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.
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