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Zen Proverbs, Sayings and Quotes

universalove rated 17 months ago
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought." Basho "It is everywhere." Chuang-tzu "To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders." Chuang-tzu "If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do...

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supernova514 rated 17 months ago
From the page: "When you are deluded and full of doubt, even a thousand books of scripture are not enough. When you have realized understanding, even one word is too much. Fen-Yang"
Upasaka rated 17 months ago
From the page: "The quieter you become, the more you can hear. Baba Ram Dass"
hidekimorais rated 17 months ago
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." (Lao Tzu)
kandinsky2 rated 18 months ago
Each line I read stills my mind and reminds me.
emalyse rated 18 months ago
From the page: "When you get there, there isn't any there there. Gertrude Stein "
bluezfire rated 17 months ago
And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. --- T.S. Eliot
Heggs rated 18 months ago
Lovely zen quotations! "If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?"
samflash rated 18 months ago
"At any given moment, I open my eyes and exist. And before that, during all eternity, what was there? Nothing." Ugo Betti
Rixi rated 22 months ago
From the page: "We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want. Lao Tzu"
thebride96 rated 18 months ago
From the page: "To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. Chuang-tzu"