Being Zen Quotes

“We must first understand that both our pain and our suffering are truly our path, our teacher. While this understanding doesn’t necessarily entail liking our pain or our suffering, it does liberate us from regarding them as enemies we have to conquer. Once we have this understanding, which is a fundamental change in how we relate to life, we can begin to deal with the layers of pain and suffering that make up so much of our existence.”
― Ezra Bayda, Being Zen: Bringing Meditation to Life

“There are people we laugh at because they can’t see the most obvious things about themselves. Well, those people are us!”
― Ezra Bayda, Being Zen: Bringing Meditation to Life