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.
You see, there's the way things seemed and then there's the way things were and one is so often the total reverse of the other.
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless.
It is inconceivable that the God who gives Himself in His Son to save us, should have created some people ordained to evil and damnation. There can only be one predestination to salvation. In and through Jesus Christ all people are predestined to be saved. Our free choice is ruled out in this regard. God wants free people, except in relation to this last and definitive decision. We are not free to decide and choose to be damned.
Well, I try my best to be just like I am, But everybody wants you to be just like them, They sing while you slave and I just get bored
In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
Our fortunes rise together, and they fall together. 'All men are brothers,' said the Analects. We have a collective responsibility-to bring about a more stable and more prosperous world, a world in which every person in every country can reach their full potential.
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