Zen is the most scientific method to inquire into your consciousness. It takes you beyond mind into a space called no-mind. No self, but pure awareness, and you have a taste of eternity and immortality.
Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it.
In Zen there is a sense of blending, of stepping out of your body and mind and gaining access to powers and abilities that are far beyond the minds of mortal men.
Zen martini: A martini with no vermouth at all. And no gin, either.
A time of uncertainty, of not knowing exactly where we're headed, or what kind of choice to make is a Zen moment.
Be calm. Be Zen. You are Buddha.
I don't know how much you know about Zen, but you'll know less when I'm done with you.
The central benefit of Zen, in the context of ordinary ups and downs of life,is not in preventing the minus and promoting the plus,but in directing people to the fundamental reality that is not under the sway of ups and downs.
Zen is non-serious. Zen has a tremendous sense of humor. No other religion has evolved so much that it can have that sense of humor.
Zen is everywhere. . . . But for you, Zen is right here.
I have a deep-seated distrust and even contempt for people who are driven by ambition to conquer the world … those who cannot control themselves and produce vast amounts of crap that no one cares about. I find it unattractive. I like the Zen artists: they’d do some work, and then they’d stop for a while.
The real goal of Zen is to find a way of life that's easy and undramatic. Strong attachments lead to upset and drama.
In Tantric Zen it doesn't matter but it does. . . .
Zen is the way of splitting the self again and again, untilt there is nothing left.
What is Tantric Zen? Well, I don't think I can give you a straight answer, since I don't happen to be a very straight Zen master.
Zen is the game of insight, the game of discovering who you are beneath the social masks.
In fact, in many ways my mother was quite hippy-dippy, serving macrobiotic food and reading 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. '
Tantric Zen is the exploration of everything, since everything is a part of enlightenment.
How many Zen masters does it take to screw in a light bulb? The plum tree in the garden!
Zen is the path that focuses the most upon meditation. It is almost exclusively a path of meditation.