Zen Funeral Rites

Famous quotes containing the words zen, funeral and/or rites:

    “Zen ... does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.”
    —Alan Watts (1915–1973)

    “And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.”
    —Walt Whitman (1819–1892)

    “Today is made of yesterday, each time I steal
    toward rites I do not know, waiting for the lost
    ingredient, as if salt or money or even lust
    would keep us calm and prove us whole at last.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)