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Famous Quotes By Katsuki Sekida

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Zen is not, in my view, philosophy or mysticism. It is simply a practice of readjustment of nervous activity. That is, it restores the distorted nervous system to its normal functioning. — Katsuki Sekida

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While you are conscious of being a Buddha, you are not truly a Buddha, because you are ensnared by the idea. You are not empty. — Katsuki Sekida

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You know the Zen question, 'The Bodhisattva of Great Mercy' has a thousand hands and a thousand eyes; 'which is the true eye?' I could not understand this for a long time. But the other day, when I looked at the pine trees bending before the cold blasts from the mountain, I suddenly realized the meaning. You see, all the boughs, branches, twigs, and leaves simultaneously bend to the wind with tremendous vigor. — Katsuki Sekida

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What has happened by chance is often difficult to repeat when it is sought deliberately. Chance is a genius. — Katsuki Sekida

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The occurrence of an evil thought is an affliction; not to continue it is the remedy. — Katsuki Sekida