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Quote of the day by Alan Watts: 'A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So, he loses touch with reality...' - How constant overthinking can quietly disconnect people from real life explained by the British-American writerModern life keeps people constantly occupied with thoughts, worries, notifications, and endless mental noise, which is why Alan Watts’s quo...- Quote of the day by Japanese poet Matsuo Basho: ‘Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what…’ Why chasing wisdom matters more than copying successful peopleQuote of the day: Part of what makes Matsuo Bashō’s words feel timeless is their emotional honesty. Many people today experience pressure t...
- Don’t be a ‘desk monkey’. Employee shares easy 3-stage survival guide to avoid stress and burnout at workA Reddit user shared a strategy to navigate corporate life by focusing on "work smart, not hard" through emotional detachment and mastering...
- Quote of the day by Zen Master Dōgen: 'A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we dislike it.'Zen master Dogen's teachings highlight that life unfolds naturally, irrespective of our desires. Flowers fall and weeds grow, not due to ou...
- An embodied mindfulness'Clearing the mind via the vibrancy of the body's sensations, and moving with a quality of presence instead of watching the clock, or your ...
- Rejoice in little thingsObserving nature and everyday life can lead to profound enlightenment, as noted by Persian mystics Hakim Sanai and Rumi. This enlightenment...
- Discard the oldA Zen master explains that wisdom comes from an empty mind, like the hollowness of musical instruments and beehives. Emptiness allows for t...
- You are a BuddhaZen says Buddhahood is not somewhere far away. You are just sitting on top of it. You are it!... It has already happened. Nothing has to be...
- Master and The Novice
- The Zen master speaksPoker is a challenging game not because of mathematical complexity but because of human frailty. You can master it only in a technical sens...
- Zen for Focus: Improve your inner calm to ward off distractionRestore your inner calm and gain your focus; incorporate Zen habits to your lifestyle to eliminate stress, anxiety.
- The Zen in youNever mind that some Zen masters have maintained it doesn’t require a temple for any deep communion when even a bathroom will do.
- Coup de grace!Devadutta, the Buddha’s cousin, tried to persuade Master to step down in his own favour. When he failed, Devadutta stormed out of the sangh...
- Silent SermonZen Buddhists use the story to illustrate the power of what is called ‘mind-to-mind transmission’.
- Keep it simple!Google’s corporate motto, “Do no evil”, figures in a quaint Zen story. The Tang Dynasty poet Po Chü-I once asked the Zen master Niao-k’e, “...
- Soul SongOne has to watch, meditate and move towards a sound that is already there," Osho explains.
- Traveller on two roadsFrost once found two roads that "diverged in a yellow wood" and was sorry he "could not travel both and be one traveller".
- To be a dead man breathingConsider the question: Is Zen overrated? People unfamiliar with the practice , who've only heard of its cult status among the apparently au...
- Get back to here & nowAn eight-year-old boy living in Vietnam, Thich Nhat Hanh saw the picture of the Buddha in a magazine. “I was impressed,” Nhat Hanh, now 83 ...
- Truth, not spin, winsZen Bonestells the story of a blind man living by a temple. Being unable to see their faces, the beggar learns a person's character from th...
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