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Zen Buddhism is a discipline where belief isn't necessary.

Zen, per se, is not just an art, it's not just a religion, it's a realisation.

I actually pray everyday, but I don't believe in God.

Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.

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.

I am a religious person and rely heavily on prayers.

It doesn't matter how you pray. Just pray. All religions are beautiful and they all have one common belief. There's something bigger and greater than us that can give us and take from us life. It is better than the here and now.

If you believe in prayer at all, expect God to hear you. If you do not expect, you will not have. God will not hear you unless you believe He will hear you; but if you believe He will, He will be as good as your faith.

Do not neglect secret prayer, for it is the soul of religion.

An authentic life is the most personal form of worship. Everyday life has become my prayer.