“We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In this respect it's unlike almost all other things we do except perhaps making music and dancing. When we make music we don't do it in order to reach a certain point, such as the end of the composition. If that were the purpose of music then obviously the fastest players would be the best. Also, when we are dancing we are not aiming to arrive at a particular place on the floor as in a journey. When we dance, the journey itself is the point, as when we play music the playing itself is the point. And exactly the same thing is true in meditation. Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment.”
Alan Watts
“The purpose of Zen is the perfection of character”
Yasutani Roshi
“Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.”
“America is a place where Jewish merchants sell Zen love beads to agnostics for Christmas.”
John Burton Brimer
“I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.”
Billie Jean King
“My Zen teacher also said: the only way to true happiness is to live in the moment and not worry about the future. Of course, he died penniless and single. [Carrie]”
Sex and the City
“Children are natural Zen masters; their world is brand new in each and every moment.”
John Bradshaw
