Nyogen Senzaki quotes

Nyogen Senzaki quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“When one devotes oneself to meditation, mental burdens, unnecessary worries, and wandering thoughts drop off one by one; life seems to run smoothly and pleasantly. A student may now depend on intuition to make decisions. As one acts on intuition, second thought, with its dualism, doubt and hesitation, does not arise.”
-- Nyogen Senzaki

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“Like this cup, you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you wisdom unless you first empty your cup?”
-- Nyogen Senzaki

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“Friends in the Dharma, be satisfied with your own heads. Do not put any false heads above your own. Then, minute after minute, watch your step closely.”
-- Nyogen Senzaki

Source : Nyogen Senzaki, Ruth Strout McCandless (2011). “The Iron Flute: 100 Zen Koans”, p.137, Tuttle Publishing

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“There is no remainder in the mathematics of infinity. All life is one; therefore, there cannot be God and man, nor a universe and God. A god not in the world is a false god, and a world not in God is unreal. All things return to one, and one operates in all.”
-- Nyogen Senzaki

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