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“What do you want to get enlightened for? You may not like it.”
~ Shunryu Suzuki

“At the very least, sitting Zen practice, called zazen, will bring about a strong sense of well-being, as the clutter of ideas and emotions falls away and body and mind return to natural harmony with all creation. Out of this emptiness can come a true insight into the nature of existence, which is no different from one’s Buddha nature. To travel this path, one need not be a ‘Zen Buddhist,’ which is only another idea to be discarded, like ‘enlightenment’ and ‘the Buddha’ and like ‘God.’
~ Peter Matthiessen

“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best to make you everybody else, means to fight the hardest human battle ever and to never stop fighting.”
~ e.e. cummings

“What you see with your eyes closed is what counts.”
~ Lame Deer, Lakota sage

“Only our own searching for happiness prevents us from seeing it. It is like a vivid rainbow which you pursue without ever catching it, or a dog chasing its own tail. Although peace and happiness do not exist as an actual thing or place, they are always available, and accompany you every instant.”
~ Gendun Rinpoche