The Zen of Lisieux
Two passages from John C. h. Wu's The Golden Age of Zen that I ran across last week:
"Tao is nothing else than the ordinary mind, every ordinary action is an expression of Tao."
"[O]ne of the central insights of Ch'an [Zen]: Tao is nothing else than the ordinary mind."
The parallel to St. Therese is so obvious it doesn't merit comment. I would only refer the TDE reader to yesterday's post and also provide this tweet, which I saw a few days ago:
"If you live the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion." ~Lin-Chi #quotes
— Zen and Tao (@ZENandTAO) March 1, 2015
I might also add that, if a Catholic is interested in the Zen way of life but doesn't feel like pulling D.T. Suzuki or Thomas Merton or John Wu off the bookshelf, consider de Caussade, St. Therese, or St. John of the Cross.
