Zen teaches that once we can open up to the inevitability of our demise, we can begin to transform that situation and lighten up about it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
One thing I like about Zen. It doesn't believe in achievement.
Zen, per se, is not just an art, it's not just a religion, it's a realisation.
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.
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's a Zen to acting, by being in the moment. That's where the power is.
There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.
Well, I believe life is a Zen koan, that is, an unsolvable riddle. But the contemplation of that riddle - even though it cannot be solved - is, in itself, transformative. And if the contemplation is of high enough quality, you can merge with the divine.
Buddhism teaches you to embrace change.
Children are natural Zen masters; their world is brand new in each and every moment.
There is no need to have a deep understanding of Zen.