Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Nyogen Senzaki

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Last updated on November 9, 2024.
Nyogen Senzaki

Nyogen Senzaki was a Rinzai Zen monk who was one of the 20th century's leading proponents of Zen Buddhism in the United States.

1876 - May 7, 1958
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.
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
Like this cup, you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you wisdom unless you first empty your cup?
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.
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.
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