In Dreamland – Zen Stories I

IN DREAMLAND
‘Our schoolmaster used to take a nap every afternoon,’ related a disciple of Soyen Shaku. ‘We children asked him why he did it and he told us: “I go to dreamland to meet the old sages just as Confucius did.” When Confucius slept, he would dream of ancient sages and later tell his followers [...]

Shunryu Suzuki (1904-1971)

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few”
“Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine”
“In the zazen posture, your mind and body have great power to accept things as they are, whether agreeable or dis-agreeable.”
“For a plant or stone to be natural is [...]

"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few"
- Shunryu Suzuki

"All know that the drop merges into the ocean, but few know that the ocean merges into the drop"
- KABIR

You can never find mind through the mind.
Go beyond it, and find it non-existent."
-Sri Ramana Maharshi

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"Knowledge is not information, it's transformation."
-OSHO
"One who knows the art of relaxation also knows the art of meditation"
-B.K.S Iyengar

"Spiritual awakening is awakening from the dream of thought"
-Eckhart Tolle