- A samurai once asked Zen Master Hakuin where he would go after he died. Hakuin answered ‘How am I supposed to know?’
‘How do you not know? You’re a Zen master!’ exclaimed the samurai.
‘Yes, but not a dead one,’ Hakuin answered. - View Quote Details on A samurai once asked Zen Master Hakuin where he would…
- To follow the path, look to the master, follow the master, walk with the master, see through the master, become the master. - View Quote Details on To follow the path, look to the master, follow the…
- Ikkyu - View Quote Details on Ikkyu
- The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. - View Quote Details on The ways to the One are as many as the…
- w:Koan - View Quote Details on w:Koan
- Buddhism - View Quote Details on Buddhism
- Do not seek the truth, only cease to cherish your opinions. - View Quote Details on Do not seek the truth, only cease to cherish your…
- To do a certain kind of thing, you have to be a certain kind of person. - View Quote Details on To do a certain kind of thing, you have to…
- Though the bamboo forest is dense, water flows through it freely. - View Quote Details on Though the bamboo forest is dense, water flows through it…
- The Gateless Gate - View Quote Details on The Gateless Gate
- A river too pure, yields no fish. - View Quote Details on A river too pure, yields no fish.
- If the problem has a solution, worrying is pointless, in the end the problem will be solved. If the problem has no solution, there is no reason to worry, because it can’t be solved. - View Quote Details on If the problem has a solution, worrying is pointless, in…
- In the landscape of spring, there is neither better nor worse. The flowering branches grow naturally, some long, some short. - View Quote Details on In the landscape of spring, there is neither better nor…
- At first, I saw mountains as mountains and rivers as rivers. Then, I saw mountains were not mountains and rivers were not rivers. Finally, I see mountains again as mountains, and rivers again as rivers. - View Quote Details on At first, I saw mountains as mountains and rivers as…
- The ten thousand questions are one question. If you cut through the one question, then the ten thousand questions disappear. - View Quote Details on The ten thousand questions are one question. If you cut…
- Nagarjuna - View Quote Details on Nagarjuna
- When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. - View Quote Details on When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will…
- If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. - View Quote Details on If you understand, things are just as they are; if…
- No yesterday, no tomorrow, and no today - Sheng-ts’an - View Quote Details on No yesterday, no tomorrow, and no today - Sheng-ts’an
- Knock on the sky and listen to the sound. - View Quote Details on Knock on the sky and listen to the sound.
- Why do you ask questions? If you already knew the flame was fire then the meal was cooked a long time ago. (Oma Desala, Stargate SG-1; various) - View Quote Details on Why do you ask questions? If you already knew the…
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