This Kind of Understanding

We should practice zazen
like someone who is dying.
For him, there is nothing to rely on.
When you reach this kind of understanding,
you will not be fooled by anything.

Shunryu Suzuki

You Will Always Exist

You will always exist
in the universe
in some form.

Shunryu Suzuki 

Zen is Right Here

Zen is everywhere.
But for you,
Zen is right here.

Shunryu Suzuki

Relief vs. Freedom

Therapy tends to give relief
and sitting gives freedom.

Charlotte (Joko) Beck

Be the Buddha

Don't quote the Buddha,

be the Buddha.

Eckhart Tolle

Be That

You are the soul.
Be that, and when you hear
yourself in some hypocrisy,
cut free. Quickly, cut.

Rumi

Searching and Finding

I searched for God

and found only myself.
I searched for myself

and found only God.

Rumi