Kodo Sawaki famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Religion means living your own life, completely fresh and new, without being taken in by anyone.
-- Kodo Sawaki

#Taken #Mean #Live Your Own Life
Heaven and Earth give themselves. Air, water, plants, animals, and humans give themselves to each other. It is in this giving-themselves-to-each-other that we actually live. Whether you appreciate it or not, it is true.
-- Kodo Sawaki

#Animal #Air #Appreciate
You can't even trade a single fart with the next guy. Each and every one of us has to live out his own life. Don't waste time thinking about who's most talented.
-- Kodo Sawaki

#Thinking #Guy #Waste
Satori has no beginning; practice has not end!
-- Kodo Sawaki

#Practice #Satori #Ends
We stop the one who can't cease from seeking things outside, and practice with our bodies with a posture that seeks absolutely nothing. This is zazen.
-- Kodo Sawaki

#Practice #Body #Posture
To be born as a human being is a rare thing, something to be grateful for. But being born as a human being is worthless if you spend your whole life in a mental hospital. It is worthless if you worry about not having money. It is worthless if you become neurotic because you cannot get a prestigious job. It is worthless if you weep because you lose your girlfriend.
-- Kodo Sawaki

#Girlfriend #Jobs #Grateful
Live the Self that fills the whole Universe.
-- Kodo Sawaki

#Self #Universe
You donâ€™t seek the way. The way seeks you.
-- Kodo Sawaki

#Way
Only a lion can recognize a lion's roar.
-- Kodo Sawaki

#Truth #Lions
No matter how many years you sit doing zazen, you will never become anything special.
-- Kodo Sawaki

#Honesty #Years #Special

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