For Zen students, a weed is a treasure.
Shunryu SuzukiRead
If you can just appreciate each thing, one by one, then you will have pure gratitude. Even though you observe just one flower, that one flower includes everything
Interpretation
Focusing on and appreciating individual elements in life leads to a deeper sense of gratitude.
This quote emphasizes the importance of mindfulness and gratitude in our daily lives. By taking the time to appreciate each small aspect, such as a single flower, one can cultivate a profound sense of gratitude that extends to the entirety of life's experiences, reminding us that every small detail is interconnected and significant.
In practice
This quote would be perfect for a mindfulness workshop to encourage participants to find joy in small things.
For Zen students, a weed is a treasure.
If you take pride in your attainment or become discouraged because of your idealistic effort, your practice will confine you by a thick wall.
As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself.
No teaching could be more direct than just to sit down.
Everything is perfect, but there is a lot of room for improvement.
When you do not realize that you are one with the river, or one with the universe, you have fear. Whether it is separated into drops or not, water is water. Our life and death are the same thing. When we realize this fact, we have no fear of death anymore.
Joy is the serious business of heaven. Our merriment must be between people who take each other seriously.
I have learnt that gardens are like happiness: you cannot pursue them as an absolute thing or moment.
If you are joyful, do not worry about lukewarmness. Joy will shine in your eyes and in your look, in your conversation and in your countenance. You will not be able to hide it because joy overflows.
When we direct our thoughts properly i.e. 'Things could be worse but aren't', we can control our emotions... i.e. and feel relieved, grateful, satisfied, hopeful and happy
I don't feel right unless I have a sport to play or at least a way to work up a sweat.
Do not forget that even as "to work is to worship" so to be cheery is to worship also, and to be happy is the first step to being pious.
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