Friday, November 01, 2013

The Zen Now

A Zen seeker asked:  "how can I live in the now?"

The Zen master asked of the audience, "will anyone who is NOT living in the now, please rise!"


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There is no such thing as an enlightened person.  There is only enlightened activity.


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Not always so.  -- Shunryu Suzuki, summing up the teaching of the Buddha.


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Calls to mind:  when you meet Buddha on the road, kill him.


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