D.T. Suzuki Quotes
There is a gyre of discarded floating plastic the size of the continental USA in the ocean. In it, plastic trash outweighs plankton 40 to 1.
Zen in it's essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom.
As soon as you raise a thought and begin to form an idea of it, you ruin the reality itself, because you then attach yourself to form.
The contradiction so puzzling to the ordinary way of thinking comes from the fact that we have to use language to communicate our inner experience, which in its very nature transcends linguistics.
The environment is so fundamental to our continued existence that it must transcend politics and become a central value of all members of society.
I want to be the first player to show what Japanese batters can do in the major league.
I known I'm only a child, yet I know we're all in the this together and should act as one single world towards one single goal
Aboriginal people are key because they have a different sense of where we belong and how we interact with nature.
The one thing I feel is very hopeful, however, is the overwhelming participation of women in the movement for change.
An unlimited amount of ability can develop when parent and child are having fun together.
The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions.
Zen professes itself to be the spirit of Buddhism, but in fact it is the spirit of all religions and philosophies.
Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as an enlightened person. There is only enlightened activity.
To renounce things is not to give them up. It is to acknowledge that all things go away.
One of the joys of being a grandparent is getting to see the world again through the eyes of a child.
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few.
I'm told I either look bigger than I do on television or that I look smaller than I look on television. No one seems to think I look the same size.
Life, according to Zen, ought to be lived as a bird flies through the air, or as a fish swims in the water.
If we humans are good at anything, it’s thinking we’ve got a terrific idea and going for it without acknowledging the potential consequences or our own ignorance.
What permaculturists are doing is the most important activity that any group is doing on the planet.
Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.
The more that Japanese players go to the big leagues to play and succeed, the more that will serve to inspire young kids in Japan to want to become baseball players when they grow up.
The truth is, as most of us know, that global warming is real and humans are major contributors, mainly because we wastefully burn fossil fuels.
So the secret is just to say 'Yes!' and jump off from here. Then there is no problem. It means to be yourself, always yourself, without sticking to an old self.
Conventional economics is a form of brain damage. Economics is so fundamentally disconnected from the real world, it is destructive.
When you are fooled by something else, the damage will not be so big. But when you are fooled by yourself, it is fatal. No more medicine.
We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit.
Our personal consumer choices have ecological, social, and spiritual consequences. It is time to re-examine some of our deeply held notions that underlie our lifestyles.
Water is our most precious resource, but we waste it, just as we waste other resources, including oil and gas.
To point at the moon a finger is needed, but woe to those who take the finger for the moon.
