A Touch of Zen

I have long been intrigued by the word Zen.

What is Zen?
Zen, like Tao, cannot be totally explained in words. Much of your grasp of Zen must necessarily depend on your own intuition.
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Being Zen about something means just being as it is. Seeing clearly, hearing clearly, smelling clearly, tasting clearly, touching clearly – that’s Zen. So everything as it is, is truth. But when we add thinking, we don’t see truth as it is. We see something that we like, or we don’t like; we want or don’t want’ we accept or don’t accept. That’s not Zen. - Venerable Hyon Gak

How does one incorporate the teachings of Zen in daily life?

When walking, just walk; when eating, just eat; when showering, just shower. We do those things but we’re following our thinking the whole time. We’re eating, but we’re not really tasting the food. We’re not fully living in the moment. Living in the moment – that’s Zen. - Unknown

If you have no feelings about worldly things, they are all Zen; if you have feelings about Zen, it is a worldly thing. - Zen Saying

If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. - Zen Proverb

In studying the way, realizing it is hard; once you have realized it, preserving it is hard. When you can preserve it, putting it into practice is hard. - Zen Saying

If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? - Dogen

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

Knock on the sky and listen to the sound! - Zen Saying

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