Saturday, February 11, 2012

Zen Quotes Zen Sayings

  • If you seek the buddha, you will be caught by the buddha demon; if you seek the patriarchs, you will be bound by the patriarch demon. Whatever you are seeking, all becomes suffering. It is better to have nothing further to seek. - Rinzai
     
  • The inner emptiness is the door to God. - Osho
     
  • Knowing one's mind, seeing into one's nature, is the way without mistakes. - Joshu
     
  • Discrimination with no-mind is right. Discrimination with mind is Wrong. When one transcends right and wrong, he is truly right. - Bodhidharma
     
  • The Great Way is not difficult
    For those who have no preferences.
    When love and hate are both absent
    Everything becomes clear and undisguised. - Sosan
     
  • Go beyond language. Go Beyong Thought. - Bodhidharma.
     
  • Let me drop a word of advice for believers of my faith.
    To enjoy life’s immensity, you do not need many things. - Ryokan
     
  • Mind is simply a combination of all the thoughts, of all the clouds. Mind has no independent nature of its own. When all the thoughts are gone and the sky is clean and clear, you will see that everything that you have paid so much attention to is nothing but emptiness. Your thoughts were all empty. They contained nothing, they were void. - Osho

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