Taisen Deshimaru
Taisen Deshimaru
Taisen Deshimaruwas a Japanese Sōtō Zen Buddhist teacher, who founded the Association Zen Internationale...
thinking fingers should
We should learn to think with our fingers.
life thinking body
Think with the whole body.
thinking said
Descartes said, "I think, therefore I am." I say, "I do not think, that is why I exist."
moving thinking addiction
The body moves naturally, automatically, without any personal intervention or awareness. If we think too much, our actions become slow and hesitant.
running crazy thinking
Nobody today is normal, everybody is a little bit crazy or unbalanced, people's minds are running all the time. Their perceptions of the world are partial, incomplete. They are eaten alive by their egos. They think they see, but they are mistaken; all they do is project their madness, their world, upon the world. There is no clarity, no wisdom in that!
buddhist thinking body
Think with your whole body.
noses achieve satori
If we achieve satori and the satori shows, like a bit of dogshit stuck to the top of our nose, that is not so good.
art roots competition
Train the body and develop stamina and endurance. But the spirit of competition and power that presides over them is not good, it reflects a distorted vision of life. The root of the martial arts is not there.
wall mind wicked
What is called zazen is sitting on a zafu [pillow] in a quiet room, absolutely still, in the exact and proper position and without uttering a word, the mind empty of any thought, good or wicked. It is continuing to sit peacefully, facing a wall, and nothing more. Every day.
glasses water brain
During zazen, brain and consciousness become pure. It's exactly like muddy water left to stand in a glass. Little by little, the sediment sinks to the bottom and the water becomes pure.
beautiful climbing bird
The silence of the mountain is even more beautiful once the birds are quiet.
hands desert grit
Keep your hands open, and all the sands of the desert can pass through them. Close them, and all you can feel is a bit of grit.
crush light shells
We feel our shell keeps us safe, but it crushes us and others, and keeps out light and sun.
strong fighting mind
In a fight between a strong technique and a strong body, technique will prevail. In a fight between a strong mind and a strong technique, mind will prevail, because it will find the weak point.