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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.

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.

One thing I like about Zen. It doesn't believe in achievement.

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.

I consider writing practice a true Zen practice because it all comes back at you. You can't fool anyone because it's on the page.

I think that that's why artists make art - it is difficult to put into words unless you are a poet. What it takes is being open to the flow of universal creativity. The Zen artists knew this.

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