101 Powerful Zen Sayings and Proverbs - Buddhaimonia

101 Powerful Zen Sayings and Proverbs - Buddhaimonia

"The world is its own magic." - Shunryu Suzuki When I was first introduced to Zen, I really had no idea what I was getting myself into. I was in the middle of a sort of "path of self-discovery", let's call it, when Zen promptly hit me upside the head.

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I particularly liked a few quotes that involved tea and food:

"Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future." –Thich Nhat Hanh

"Preparing food is not just about yourself and others. It is about everything!" –Shunryu Suzuki

“Who would then deny that when I am sipping tea in my tearoom I am swallowing the whole universe with it and that this very moment of my lifting the bowl to my lips is eternity itself transcending time and space?” –D.T. Suzuki