End of the semester, papers mostly done Zen.
No thought, no reflection, no analysis,
no cultivation, no intention;
Let it settle itself.
—Tilopa
You can outdistance that which is running after you, but now what is running inside you.
—Rwandan proverb
Each of you is perfect as you are. And you all could use a little bit of improvement.
—Shunryu Suzuki
A monk of Kassan's went to Kotei and had just bowed to him when Kotei struck him on the back. The monk bowed again, Kotei struck himn again. The monk went away, and when he told Kassan about this," Kassan asked: "Do you understand?"
"No," the monk replied.
"That's a good thing," said Kassan, "for if you did, I'd have been amazed."
—Zen mondo
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
—Friedrich Nietzsche
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