Looking for Zen

We expect that certain places or situations can intrinsically bring us more peace or joy than others. This gives us the task of working hard to manipulate the world to serve this expectation.

An alternative is what Zen & The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance author, Robert Pirsig, suggests:

The only Zen you find on top of mountains
is the Zen you bring up there.

This entry was posted on Monday, January 23rd, 2006 at 1:37pm and is filed under Zen principles. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

2 Responses to “Looking for Zen”

  1. Jim
    January 23rd, 2006 23:41
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    Reminds me of the old AA saying about the same dynamic, but with a different spin: The problem with a geographical cure is that you take yourself with you.

  2. jack
    January 23rd, 2006 23:45
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    That is very funny .. and so true.

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