Zen Sayings And Quotes

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“Therefore the Three Realms are only mind”
– Zen Saying

“Throughout this life, you can never be certain of living long enough to take another breath.”
– Zen Saying

“To cry and not be carried away by tears, to laugh and not be carried away by laughter, is the way”
– Zen Saying

“to find a split in our own being, that there was from the very beginning no need for”
– Zen Saying

“To give your sheep or cow a large spacious meadow is the way to control him.”
– Zen Saying

“To study the way of the Buddha is to study oneself. To study oneself is to forget oneself. To forget oneself is to be enlightened by everything”
– Zen Saying

“True spiritual practice is not founded on attainment or on the miraculous, but on seeing life itself as a true miracle In the words of a Zen master,”
– Zen Saying

“Water which is too pure has no fish.”
– Zen Saying

“We should find perfect existence through imperfect existence.”
– Zen Saying

“What is inexpressible is inexhaustible in its use”
– Zen Saying

“What we call I is just a swinging door, which moves when we inhale and when we exhale”
– Zen Saying

“When an ordinary man gains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage gains understanding, he is an ordinary man.”
– Zen Saying

“When Banzan was walking through a market he overheard”
– Zen Saying

“When I eat, I eat; when I sleep, I sleep.”
– Zen Saying

“When you do something you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.”
– Zen Saying

“When you do something, if you fix your mind on an activity with some confidence. The quality of your state of mind is the activity itself. When you are concentrated on the quality of your being, you are prepared for the activity.”
– Zen Saying

“When you forget the good and the non-good, the worldly life and the religious life, and all other dharmas, and permit no thoughts relating to them to arise, and you abandon body and mind—then there is complete freedom. When the mind is like wood or stone, there is nothing to be discriminated.”
– Zen Saying

“When you get to the top of the mountain, keep climbing”
– Zen Saying

“When you pass through, no one can pin you down, no one can call you back”
– Zen Saying

“Whenever you try to exert control over the natural ebb and flow of life, you end up either frustrated or disappointed- because it can’t be controlled. Whenever you apply effort to trying to relax and slow down, you produce the opposite effect. Whenever you try to dictate the outcome of your meditation you negate its most wondrous benefit- the pleasure of simply being.”
– Zen Saying

“Where does all this talk of dirt come from?”
– Zen Saying

“Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening”
– Zen Saying

“Without any intentional fancy way of adjusting yourself, to express yourself as you are, is the most important thing.”
– Zen Saying

“You should rather be grateful for the weeds you have in your mind, because eventually they will enrich your practice.”
– Zen Saying

“You should stop pursuing words and letters, and learn to withdraw and reflect on yourself. When you do so, your body and mind will fall away naturally and your original Buddha-nature will appear.”
– Zen Saying

“Away with your delusive thoughts! Don’t be deluded!”
– Zen Saying

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