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Gunnar Dal - Litla bókin um zen

 

Religion is the peace of mind felt when you are truly yourself

 

 

Most think that a religion is belonging to a group that shares a system of beliefs. In reality each individual has their own religion.

Religion is the peace of mind felt when you are truly yourself. It structures your daily life, but it can't be explained or shown to anyone. I think religion is this stability hidden deep in one's self.

 

Kodo Sawaki Roshi

Not Dead Yet

The Emperor asked Master Gudo, "What happens to a man of enlightenment after death?"

"How should I know?" replied Gudo.

"Because you are a master," answered the Emperor.

"Yes sir," said Gudo, "but not a dead one."

 

 

Sjá: http://www-usr.rider.edu/~suler/zenstory/notdead.html

Sit zazen!

 

As I was telling Suzuki Roshi what a disaster my life had become, he began to chuckle. I found myself laughing along with him. There was a pause. I asked him what I should do. 

“Sit zazen*,” he replied. “Life without zazen is like winding your clock without setting it. It runs perfectly, but it doesn´t tell time.”

David Chadwick – Zen is right here     

 

 

*Zazen –Sjá hér leiðbeiningar fyrir zazen (Zen-hugleiðsu): http://www.mro.org/zmm/teachings/meditation.php  

 

Sex is like brushing your teeth

 

One day a student asked, "Roshi, I have a lot of sexual desire. I´m thinking of becomming celibate. Should I try to limit myself in this way?"

"Sex is like brushing your teeth," Suzuki answered. "It´s a good thing to do, but not so good to do it all day long."

 

 

David Chadwick - Zen is right here 

Yoga: The science of religion

 

Essentially, what we are seeking is God, whether or not we use that name....What we crave at the deepest level of our being cannot be found in anything the world can give us.

One of the ancient scriptures of India says, in relation to this truth: "Know it now or after a thousand incarnations." In other words, do you want to go on seeking in the wrong place and continually be frustrated?...People are frantically searching, but they cannot find what they are looking for; and that leads to despair. And not just despair; tremendous resentment and anger accrue in the process – a lot of anger, a lot of violence. Again, it is because people are seeking in the wrong place and therefore not finding true fulfillment....

So...where do we find God?  God, or Spirit, or the Infinite Consciousness (it doesn't matter what word you want to use) is all-pervading, omnipresent. But as long as we are looking for That outside of ourselves, we are using the senses and the mortal mind, the faculties through which we cognize the outer world. Great saints of all religions have affirmed this truth: the senses and the human intellect cannot perceive God; these gross instruments are far too limited. We have to go inside. There, through the intuition of the soul, we find Him.

On this point, the esoteric teachings of all the great religions agree: what we seek is inside....Jesus Christ said, "The kingdom of God is within you."...The same truth is in the Old Testament: "Be still and know that I am God." But the Bible does not say how to do it. Lord Krishna personally taught the highest techniques of yoga to his disciples, yet those methods were not set forth in his discourse in the Bhagavad Gita....

How to go within? That is what Paramahansa Yogananda has given to us: the definite science of attaining direct, personal experience of God.

 Brother Anandamoy – Yoga: The science of religion Sjá: http://www.srf-yogananda.org/excerpts/xcerpts.html

 

Ný bók með tilvitununum í Suzuki-roshi

 

One day during a tea break a student standing next to Suzuki roshi asked, "So what do you think about all of us crazy Zen students?"

Roshi said. " I think you´re all enlightened until you open your mouth."

 

 

David Chadwick - Zen Is Right Hear

 

 

Hér getið þið nálgast þessa nýju bók: http://www.amazon.com/Zen-Right-Here-Anecdotes-Beginners/dp/1590304918/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197576791&sr=8-1

Uppspretta sannleikans

 

Andi þinn er hluti af Guði og öll þekking býr innra með þér. Ef þú ferð djúpt inn á við í hugleiðslu þinni munt þú finna miðstöð sannleika og óendanlegs krafts sem bíður þess að hann sé notaður. Þú munt snerta uppsprettu allrar gleði og heilbrigði.

White Eagle - Hinn kyrri hugur

Byrjendanámskeið í zen-hugleiðslu

 

Byrjendanámskeið í zen-hugleiðslu í upphafi nýs árs 14. og 21. janúar.

 

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www.zen.is

One with everything

 

Wherever you are, you are one with the clouds and one with the sun and the stars that you see. Even if you jump out of the airplane, you don´t go anywhere else. You are still one with everything. That is more true than I can say and more true than you can hear.

 

 

Shunryu Suzuki - Not always so (bls. 120)