The Zen Teacher Quotes

“What if the teacher said, “I have enough right now to teach the students the lessons and skills I need to teach”? What if the teacher focused on teaching his students without obsessing over the “data,” which can be spun, tweaked, and twisted until it is nothing but useless fiction, anyway?”
― Dan Tricarico, The Zen Teacher: Creating Focus, Simplicity, and Tranquility in the Classroom

“To set up what you like against what you dislike—this is the disease of the mind. —Seng-Tsan”
― Dan Tricarico, The Zen Teacher: Creating Focus, Simplicity, and Tranquility in the Classroom

“The unpardonable sin is the sin of inadvertence, of not being alert, not quite awake. —Joseph Campbell”
― Dan Tricarico, The Zen Teacher: Creating Focus, Simplicity, and Tranquility in the Classroom

“When you notice your world exactly as it is—free from judgment and with detachment from anticipated outcomes—that is Zen.”
― Dan Tricarico, The Zen Teacher: Creating Focus, Simplicity, and Tranquility in the Classroom