During zazen, brain and consciousness become pure. It's exactly like muddy water left to stand in a glass. Little by little, the sediment sinks to the bottom and the water becomes pure.
Think with your whole body. - Taisen Deshimaru
Think with your whole body.
- Taisen Deshimaru
Behavior influences consciousness. Right behavior means right consciousness. Our attitude here and now influences the entire environment: our words, … - Taisen Deshimaru
Behavior influences consciousness. Right behavior means right consciousness. Our attitude here and now influences the entire environment: our words, …
You cannot separate any part from the whole: interdependence rules the cosmic order. - Taisen Deshimaru
You cannot separate any part from the whole: interdependence rules the cosmic order.
Zen is not a particular state but the normal state: silent, peaceful, unagitated. In Zazen neither intention, analysis, specific effort nor imaginati… - Taisen Deshimaru
Zen is not a particular state but the normal state: silent, peaceful, unagitated. In Zazen neither intention, analysis, specific effort nor imaginati…
The silence of the mountain is even more beautiful once the birds are quiet. - Taisen Deshimaru
The silence of the mountain is even more beautiful once the birds are quiet.
Time is not a line, but a series of now-points. - Taisen Deshimaru
Time is not a line, but a series of now-points.
To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give. - Taisen Deshimaru
To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.
The body moves naturally, automatically, without any personal intervention or awareness. If we think too much, our actions become slow and hesitant. - Taisen Deshimaru
The body moves naturally, automatically, without any personal intervention or awareness. If we think too much, our actions become slow and hesitant.
If you are not happy here and now, you never will be. - Taisen Deshimaru
If you are not happy here and now, you never will be.
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