Taisen Deshimaru Quotes

Japanese Zen Master (1914–1982)

Taisen Deshimaru (29 November 1914 – 30 April 1982) was a Japanese Sōtō Zen Buddhist teacher. His experiences led him to Bangka Island, where he taught zazen to the Chinese, Indonesian, and European inhabitants of the island. The island was under the attack of the Japanese Occupational Army, who were executing large numbers of the inhabitants indiscriminately. Feeling a plight for the people of Bangka, Deshimaru eventually took up their cause and was quickly labeled a rebel by the Japanese Army and thrown in prison. Shortly before he was due for execution, high Japanese officials released him and the other prisoners waiting to be killed. Following this, he was placed in an American POW camp in Singapore until he was released months later. He died in 1982, after having solidly established Zen practice in the West.

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Alternative Names: Deshimaru Deshimaru Roshi Deshimaru Taisen

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You must concentrate upon and consecrate yourself wholly to each day, as though a fire were raging in your hair.

Train the body and develop stamina and endurance. But the spirit of competition and power that presides over them is not good, it reflects a distorted vision of life. The root of the martial arts is not there.

Keep your hands open, and all the sands of the desert can pass through them. Close them, and all you can feel is a bit of grit.

Cada ser y cada cosa del universo tan solo existen en función de su coexistencia con los otros seres y con las otras cosas. La independencia de un ser o una cosa es el resultado de la interdependencia de todos los seres y de todas las cosas.

Quand notre activité se termine, quand notre vie est finie, alors, il faut mourir. Il faut comprendre la mort.

Without the ego, there is no suffering.

Si vous acceptez la mort ici et maintenant, votre vie sera plus profonde. Il ne faut pas être attaché à la vie. Ni à la mort.

Si vous avez envie de bonne nourriture et que vous n'en mangez pas, vous créez un bon karma.

Silence is your true origin

No se puede comprender el zen a través de los libros y conferencias. Se trata de descubrir en nosotros el origen de la vida manifestada. No podemos nutrirnos de la imagen de la manzana, ni podemos saber sin tocarla si el agua está caliente o fría.

La vie et la mort sont identiques.

Ici et maintenant, les autres ne sont pas moi, je ne suis pas les autres. Si je ne pratique pas, je ne peux pas comprendre. Si quelqu'un d'autre fait, je ne peux pas être dans ce qu'il fait.

When the mind is free, everything around it is free.

Quand on doit mourir, on meurt, et on retourne au cosmos.

"Hai finito di mangiare?"
"Sì, Maestro, ho finito."
"Allora, va' a lavare le stoviglie!"

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