-Shozo Sato, Chazen: Zen Wisdom for Jeans & a T-Shirt

"It will arrive without expectation or planning, just like a sudden bolt of lightning from the heavens, and its recipient must not think about what is happening, but rather humbly accept the flash of light that has seized them."

"To become enlightened, no amount of anticipation or planning will foment the fires of that moment. The opportunity for Satori cannot be foreseen.

"Therefore, this statement reminds us that there is no precedent prior to (ganrai) enlightenment, and that it remains unknown (fushiki) in perpetuity.

"One’s careful and deliberate thought will act as a barrier, blocking out enlightenment like a dam. Satori must come from within, from the very heart of one’s being.

"If rationality and discrimination of the mind are the basis of one’s intellect, Satori will forever elude their intelligence.

GANRAI FUSHIKI
元来不識
Insight Is Unexpected

"Talking about dreams is like talking about movies, since the cinema uses the language of dreams; years can pass in a second, and you can hop from one place to another... And in the real cinema, every object and every light means something, as in a dream."
-Federico Fellini