When a garden is used as a place to pause for thought, that is when a Zen garden comes to life. When you contemplate a garden like this it will form…

- Muso Soseki

Those who seek liberation for themselves alone cannot become fully enlightened. Though it may be said that one who is not already liberated cannot li…

- Muso Soseki

It is better to practice a little than talk a lot.

- Muso Soseki

If the wrong person preaches a right teaching, even a right teaching can become wrong. If a right person expounds a wrong teaching, even a wrong teac…

- Muso Soseki

When there is no place that you have decided to call your own, then no matter where you go, you are always heading home.

- Muso Soseki

When it's cold, water freezes into ice; when it's warm, ice melts into water. Similarly, when you are confused, essence freezes into mind; when you a…

- Muso Soseki

The central benefit of Zen, in the context of ordinary ups and downs of life,is not in preventing the minus and promoting the plus,but in directing p…

- Muso Soseki

Even if you have not awakened, if you realize that your perceptions and activities are all like dreams and you view them with detachment, not giving …

- Muso Soseki