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To follow the path look to the master follow the master walk with the master see through the master become the master.
Oct 1, 2025
Those who know don't tell and those who tell don't know.
When you get there, there isn't any there there.
The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences.
The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.
Zen phrase says The instant you speak about a thing you miss the mark.
Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.
The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.
No thought, no reflection, no analysis, no cultivation, no intention; let it settle itself.
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
What is the sound of one hand?
I have lived with several Zen masters -- all of them cats.
To accept some idea of truth without experiencing it is like a painting of a cake on paper which you cannot eat.
If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.
A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.
Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.
The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.
The greatest effort is not concerned with results.
Who would then deny that when I am sipping tea in my tearoom I am swallowing the whole universe with it and that this very moment of my lifting the bowl to my lips is eternity itself transcending time and space?
When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become.
Mind is everything. What we think, we become.
Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.
Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet.
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few.
When the student is ready the teacher will appear.
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