Top 4 Quotes by Francis Harold Cook

The Buddha is found in other people - even the ones we do not like very much.

The Buddha is found in other people - even the ones we do not like very much.

People, Found

Francis Harold Cook, Francis Dojun Cook, Eihei Dogen (1978). “How to Raise an Ox: Zen Practice as Taught in Master Dogen's Shobogenzo”, p.57, Simon and Schuster

The object of Zen is not to kill all feelings and become anesthetized to pain and fear. The object of Zen is to free us to scream loudly and fully when it is time to scream.

Francis Harold Cook

Pain, Feelings, Scream

Francis Harold Cook, Francis Dojun Cook, Eihei Dogen (1978). “How to Raise an Ox: Zen Practice as Taught in Master Dogen's Shobogenzo”, p.51, Simon and Schuster

Can the water in the valleys ever stop and rest? When the water finally reaches the sea, it becomes great waves.

Francis Harold Cook

Sea, Water, Valleys

Francis Harold Cook, Francis Dojun Cook, Eihei Dogen (1978). “How to Raise an Ox: Zen Practice as Taught in Master Dogen's Shobogenzo”, p.158, Simon and Schuster

The prospect of future lives in remote heavens as a compensation for the inadequacy of our present lives is a bad tradeoff for losing out on the present.

Francis Harold Cook

Heaven, Losing, Life Is

Francis Harold Cook (1978). “How to Raise an Ox: Zen Practice as Taught in Zen Master Dogen's Shobogenzo, Including Ten Newly Translated Essays”