Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche says : “The past is only an unreliable memory held in the present. The future is only a projection of our present conceptions. The present itself vanishes as soon as we try to grasp it. So why…
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche says : “Sentient beings, self and others, enemies and dear ones-all are made by thoughts. It is like seeing a rope and mistaking it for a snake. When we think that the rope is a snake, we…
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche says : “Meditation could be said to be the Art of Simplicity: simply sitting, simply breathing and simply being.”
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche says : “Day by day, be content with whatever you have and satisfied with whatever happens. Everything else will then fall naturally into place.”
D T Suzuki says : “Zen teaches nothing; it merely enables us to wake up and become aware. It does not teach, it points.”
D T Suzuki says : “Zen abhors repetition or imitation of any kind, for it kills. For the same reason Zen never explains, but only affirms. Life is fact and no explanation is necessary or pertinent. To explain is to…
D T Suzuki says : “We have two eyes to see two sides of things, but there must be a third eye which will see everything at the same time and yet not see anything. That is to understand Zen.”
D T Suzuki says : “The rocks are where they are- and this is their will. The rivers flow- and this is their will. The birds fly- this is their will. Human beings talk- this is their will. The seasons…
D T Suzuki says : “The more you suffer the deeper grows your character, and with the deepening of your character you read the more penetratingly into the secrets of life. All great artists, all great religious leaders, and all…
D T Suzuki says : “In the spiritual world there are no time divisions such as the past, present and future; for they have contracted themselves into a single moment of the present where life quivers in its true sense.…