Understanding is the heartwood of well-spoken words.
All wrong doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself.
However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
You only lose what you cling to.
All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts and made up of our thoughts. If a man speak or act with an evil thought, suffering follows him as the wheel follows the hoof of the beast that draws the wagon.... If a man will speak or act with a good thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him.
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
Doubt everything. Find your own light.
There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.
It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, which lures him to evil ways.
A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving, and fearless then he is in truth called wise.
If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.
The one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a thousand men.
Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.
Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except yourself.
As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgements but rain your kindness equally on all.
The past is already gone; the future is not yet here. There's only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment.
In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.
One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand on the battlefield.
Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.
You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.
You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.
The one who is good at shooting does not hit the centre of the target.
When an ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage attains understanding, he is an ordinary man.
Think with your whole body.
What is the sound of one hand clapping?
If you have a glass full of liquid you can discourse forever on its qualities, discuss whether it is cold, warm, whether it is really composed of H-2-O, or even mineral water, or sake. Meditation is Drinking it!
Harmonizing opposites by going back to their source is the distinctive quality of the Zen attitude, the Middle Way: embracing contradictions, making a synthesis of them, achieving balance.
To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
Those who see worldly life as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions. They have not yet discovered that there are no everyday actions outside of Dharma.
I come to realize that mind is no other than mountains and rivers and the great wide earth, the sun and the moon and stars.Life and death are of supreme importance.
Time swiftly passes by, and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken. Take heed, do not squander your life.
In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light. If you understand, things are just as they are... If you do not understand, things are just as they are.
Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.
A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.
………Traditional Buddhist Insights.
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