Category Zen Masters

Matthieu Ricard says :  “While it may be difficult to change the world, it is always possible to change the way we look at it.” 

Matthieu Ricard says :  “We all have the ability to study the causes of suffering and gradually to free ourselves from them….it is not the magnitude of the task that matters, it’s the magnitude of our courage.” 

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche says : “Do not encumber your mind with useless thoughts. What good does it do to brood on the past or anticipate the future? Remain in the simplicity of the present moment.”

D T Suzuki says : “Not to be bound by rules, but to be creating one’s own rules-this is the kind of life which Zen is trying to have us live.”

Matthieu Ricard says : “There is no such thing as good and bad in an absolute sense. There is only the good and bad- the harm in terms of happiness and suffering- that our thoughts and our actions do to…

Matthieu Ricard says : “Let us live simply in the freshness of the present moment, in the clarity of pure awakened mind.”

Sheng yen says : “In meditation, silently and serenely, all words are transcended. In Illumination, all things appear as is. Silence is the ceasing of ego-grasping. Illumination is the functioning of the wonder of wisdom. The unity of these two…

Taizan Maezumi says : “Just live that life. It doesn’t matter whether it is life or hell, life of the hungry ghost, life of the animal, it’s okay; just live that life, see. And as a matter of fact no…

Dogen says :  “When you ride in a boat and watch the shore, you might assume that the shore is moving. But when you keep your eyes closely on the boat, you can see that the boat moves. Similarly, if…

Matthieu Ricard says :  “Envy and jealousy stem from the fundamental inability to rejoice at someone else’s happiness or success”