Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.
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There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.
Well, for one thing, in the tradition of Zen that I've practiced, there is no prayerful worship and there is no affirmation of a deity.
Zen Buddhism is a discipline where belief isn't necessary.
It is not good to talk about Zen, because Zen is nothingness... If you talk about it, you are always lying, and if you don't talk about it, no one knows it is there.
I never thought much about God, certainly never wondered whether God was thinking about me, until I fell in love with a Zen Buddhist priest.
The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.
The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.
Whether you are a genius or an idiot, a thief or, like me, a Zen priest who has cultivated the mind for 30 years - the mind anyway is subject to conditions.
There is no need to have a deep understanding of Zen.
Zen, per se, is not just an art, it's not just a religion, it's a realisation.