Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Dainin Katagiri, fully Jikai Dainin Katagiri, aka Hojo-san Katagiri
Japanese Zen Master and Priest, Sōtō Zen Roshi and the Founding Abbot of Minnesota Zen Meditation Center in Minneapolis
"We must all face the reality of impermanence."
"If you want to take care of tomorrow, take better care of today. We always live now. All we have to do is entrust ourselves to the life we now live."
"The point of the spiritual life is to realize Truth. But you will never understand the spiritual life, or realize Truth, if you measure it by your own yardstick"
"The important point of spiritual practice is not to try to escape your life, but to face it - exactly and completely"