Zhuangzi 369 BC – 286 BC
Chinese Philosopher
Category: Zen Quotes
Tree of Nut
Each night the Tree of Nut out of naught knits neat nuts.
Saiom Shriver
Quote
The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.
Buddha
Anxiety
So an ancient once said, “Accept the anxieties and difficulties of this life”. Don’t expect your practice to be clear of obstacles. Without hindrances the mind that seeks enlightenment may be burnt out. So an ancient once said, “Attain deliverance in disturbances”.
— Kyong Ho
Special
Zen says everything is divine so how can anything be special?
All is special. Nothing is non-special so nothing can be special.
— Osho
Existence
Only one thing is certain — that is, nothing is certain.
If this statement is true, it is also false.
— Ancient Paradox
Rules
Not to be bound by rules, but to be creating one’s own rules–this
is the kind of life which Zen is trying to have us live.
— D. T. Suzuki
Possess
All that is great cannot be possessed – and that is one of
the most foolish things man goes on doing. We want to possess.
— Osho
In any given moment …
In any given moment the answer to your problem is
staring you in the face – if only you can see it.
— Heather Jansch
The Zen philosophy …..
The Zen philosophy posits that ‘human beings suffer’ and ‘the cause of suffering is desire.’ The way to put an end to suffering is to stop wanting everything, all the time.
— Karl Albrecht
He knows not ….
He knows not where he’s going,
For the ocean will decide,
Its not the destination,
It’s the glory of the ride.
–Edward Monkton, Zen dog
Meditation
Meditation is not about finding the self–quite the contrary: it is about finding one’s way beyond the self. Meditation is also not about ‘explaining the mind’. It is instead about clearing away clutter created by the mind. — David M. White
Zen lives in the present
Zen lives in the present. The whole teaching is: how to be in the present; how to get out of the past which is no more and how not to get involved in the future which is not yet, and just to be rooted, centered, in that which is.
– Osho
Zen practice is the practice of liking… – Daniel Doen Silberberg
The tongue like a sharp knife… – Buddha
The tongue like a sharp knife…kills without drawing blood.
– Buddha
“The infinite is in the finite…. – Zen Saying
‘Zen it has been said…
“When you catch yourself slipping… Donna Quesada
“When you catch yourself slipping into a pool of negativity, notice how it derives from nothing other than resistance to the current situation.”
-Donna Quesada, Buddha in the Classroom: Zen
“He knows not where he’s going,… Edward Monkton
“He knows not where he’s going,
For the ocean will decide,
It’s not the destination,
It’s the glory of the ride.”
-Edward Monkton, Zen Dog
“Through zeal, knowledge is gotten,…” – Buddha
“Through zeal, knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal,
knowledge is lost; let a man who knows the double path of
gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow.”
-Buddha
This global warming has brought… – Dalai Lama
This global warming has brought changes in climate, including making perennial snow mountains melt, thereby adversely affecting not only human beings but also other living species.
-Dalai Lama
In reality there is only Now. – Jaggi Vasudev
In reality there is only Now. If you know how to handle this moment you know how to handle the whole eternity.
-Jaggi Vasudev
Do not let pleasure distract… – Buddha
Do not let pleasure distract you
From meditation, from the way.
Free yourself from pleasure and pain.
-Buddha
Let me drop a word of advice… – Ryokan
Let me drop a word of advice for believers of my faith.
To enjoy life’s immensity, you do not need many things.
-Ryokan
“If you wish to see the truth… – Sosan
If you wish to see the truth
Then hold no opinion for or against.
The struggle of what one likes
And what one dislikes
Is the disease of the mind.
–Sosan
Our Life Is Shaped By Our Mind… – The Buddha
Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.
– The Buddha
He Who Experiences The Unity… – Buddha
He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye.
– Buddha
A Pondering Mind 
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