Your favourite zen aphorism, quote et cetera?

[Jinho]

Re: Your favourite zen aphorism, quote et cetera?

Hi y'all,

Don't Believe Everything You Think (from a bumpersticker)

"Remember, enlightenment is not what you think it is" - Hogen Bays, Sensei

cheers,
r

[Sunshine]

Re: Your favourite zen aphorism, quote et cetera?

My favorite is ... "whatever you do, don't wobble".

Too bad I can't live up to it, eh?

Then there is Stephen J Gould's "Nature is what she is - amoral and persistent". :mrgreen:

And finally, two really good one from T.S. Eliot
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
Teach us to care and not to care
Teach us to sit still.

Now, if I could figure out how to care and not care . . . by god, I think I would be . . . zen.

Sunshine

[disastermouse]

Re: Your favourite zen aphorism, quote et cetera?

I also like:

"In all the world, nothing is hidden." (a tenzo to Dogen).

[prg5001]

Re: Your favourite zen aphorism, quote et cetera?

My favourite is: "Who is dragging this corpse around?"

Or should this be in the big questions thread?

cheers,

Paul

[egbrooks]

Re: Your favourite zen aphorism, quote et cetera?

A favorite of mine from Shunryu Suzuki:

"The secret of Soto Zen is just two words: not always so."

Take care,
Eric

[AlanLa]

Re: Your favourite zen aphorism, quote et cetera?

A flash of lightning in the dark.

[JeffLegg]

Re: Your favourite zen aphorism, quote et cetera?

No matter where you go, there you are.

[FeMonky]

Re: Your favourite zen aphorism, quote et cetera?

No matter where you go, there you are.

dag nabbit! i was gonna use that one. zen, Buckaroo Bonzai style

[jamieguinn]

Re: Your favourite zen aphorism, quote et cetera?

And if you can't be, with the one you love, honey,
Love the one you're with.

Doo doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo,
doo doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo,
doo doo doo, doo doo doooo.