Zen and the Bible Quotes

“Most people, when they hear 'No-mind', think it means to become unfeeling, like a rock or a tree. [...] No-mind means not to fix the mind anywhere.”
― J.K. Kadowaki, Zen and the Bible

“If we are able to become one with God through complete abandonment of self, it will be easy to see that all being is one in God.”
― J.K. Kadowaki, Zen and the Bible

“There is a famous expression in Zen: 'On the way without leaving home.' Life is a journey and, in that sense, man is always on the way. But the person who has realized the Primal Face of his True Self never leaves home. He is able to be on a journey while having, at the same time, the peace of mind he experiences in his own home.”
― J.K. Kadowaki, Zen and the Bible

“From ancient times in both East and West, man's mind has been likened to a mirror. When something comes in front of it, it is reflected, but when the thing goes away, its image disappears without leaving a trace. Even though the mirror may reflect something dirty, it is not soiled. The mind is the same. If it is not enslaved to anything, it will reflect a thing exactly, but when the thing leaves, its form will not remain. The self is restored to a clean slate and returns to an absolutely new beginning, prepared to reflect accurately all things at any time.”
― J.K. Kadowaki, Zen and the Bible

“[W]hile all things are separate from each other, they are the appearances of oneness itself.”
― J.K. Kadowaki, Zen and the Bible

“Enlightenment is not viewing the universal principles as objects; rather, it is becoming aware of them in one's living self. Thus kenshō (literally, seeing into your nature) is not seeing your True Nature as an object; rather, the True Nature becomes the thing seeing.”
― J.K. Kadowaki, Zen and the Bible

“Conversion is not just the puny act of repenting for the sins of the past: it is to turn in the direction of an entirely new reality, the 'kingdom of God', and throw oneself into creating a new way of life.”
― J.K. Kadowaki, Zen and the Bible