Wei Wu Wei Quotes

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• Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 percent, Of everything you think, And of everything you do, Is for yourself - And there isn’t one.

  Wei Wu Wei

  Thinking, Unhappy, Percent

  "Ask the Awakened: the Negative Way". Book by Wei Wu Wei, 1963.

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• Play your part in the comedy, but don't identify yourself with your role!

  Wei Wu Wei

  Play, Roles, Comedy

  "Why Lazarus Laughed: The Essential Doctrine, Zen - Advaita - Tantra". Book by Wei Wu Wei, 1960.

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• Disciples and devotees…what are most of them doing? Worshipping the teapot instead of drinking the tea!

  Wei Wu Wei

  Drinking, Tea, Disciple

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• Never forget, what your looking for is what is looking.

  Wei Wu Wei

  Never Forget, Forget

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• Do you realise that when you give a schilling to a beggar you are giving it to yourself?Do you realise that when you help a dog over a stile you yourself are being helped?Do you realise when you kick a man when he is down, you are kicking yourslef?Give him another kick, you deserve it!

  Wei Wu Wei

  Dog, Men, Giving

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• What do you have to do? Pack your bags, Go to the station without them, Catch the train, And leave your self behind.

  Wei Wu Wei

  Self, Bags, Packs

  Wei Wu Wei (2004). “Open Secret”, p.212, Sentient Publications

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• It is only with total humility, and in absolute stillness of mind that we can know what indeed we are.

  Wei Wu Wei

  Humility, Pride, Mind

  Wu Wei Wei (2003). “The Tenth Man: The Great Joke (Which Made Lazarus Laugh)”, p.1, Sentient Publications

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• Doctrines, scriptures, sutras, essays, are not to be regarded as systems to be followed. They merely contribute to understanding. They should be for us a source of stimulation, and nothing more... Adopted, rather than used as a stimulus, they are a hindrance.

  Wei Wu Wei

  Understanding, Doctrine, Scripture

  "Why Lazarus Laughed: The Essential Doctrine, Zen - Advaita - Tantra". Book by Wei Wu Wei, 1960.

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• We do not possess an 'ego.' We are possessed by the idea of one.

  Wei Wu Wei

  Ideas, Ego, Possessed

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• THIS which is seeking is THAT which is sought,
  and THAT which is sought is THIS which is seeking.

  Wei Wu Wei

  Seeking

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• As long as there is a 'you' doing or not-doing, thinking or not-thinking, 'meditating' or 'not-meditating' you are no closer to home than the day you were born.

  Wei Wu Wei

  Home, Thinking, Long

  Wu Wei Wei (2003). “The Tenth Man: The Great Joke (Which Made Lazarus Laugh)”, p.240, Sentient Publications

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• We imagine that waking-life is real and that dream-life is unreal, but there does not seem to be any evidence for this belief.

  Wei Wu Wei

  Life, Dream, Real

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• A man who is seeking for realization is not only going around searching for his spectacles without realizing that they are on his nose all the time, but also were he not actually looking through them he would not be able to see what he is looking for!

  Wei Wu Wei

  Men, Noses, Realization

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• Past and Future are a duality of which Present is the reality. The now-moment alone is eternal and real.

  Wei Wu Wei

  Real, Past, Moments

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• The writer of these lines has nothing whatsoever to teach anyone; his words are just his contribution to our common discussion of what must inevitably be for us the most important subject which could be discussed by sentient beings.

  Wei Wu Wei

  Important, Lines, Common

  Wei Wu Wei (2004). “Open Secret”, p.24, Sentient Publications

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• Wise men don't judge: they seek to understand.

  Wei Wu Wei

  Wise, Wisdom, Men

  "Fingers Pointing Towards the Moon: Reflections of a Pilgrim on the Way". Book by Wei Wu Wei, 1958.

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• The seeing of Truth cannot be dualistic (a 'thing' seen). It cannot be seen by a see-er, or via a see-er. There can only be a seeing which itself is Truth.

  Wei Wu Wei

  Seeing

  Wei Wu Wei (2004). “All Else is Bondage: Non-volitional Living”, p.10, Sentient Publications

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• There is no mystery whatever - only inability to perceive the obvious.

  Wei Wu Wei

  Inability, Mystery, Obvious

  "All Else Is Bondage: Non-Volitional Living". Book by Wei Wu Wei, 1964.

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• In order to be effective truth must penetrate like an arrow - and that is likely to hurt.

  Wei Wu Wei

  Hurt, Order, Arrows

  Wei Wu Wei (2004). “Posthumous Pieces”, p.55, Sentient Publications

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• The only real service we can render to that which we perceive and interpret in phenomenal existence as 'others' is by awakening to universal consciousness ourselves.

  Wei Wu Wei

  Real, Awakening, Consciousness

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• Are you still thinking, looking, living, as from an imaginary phenomenal centre?
  As long as you do that you can never recognise your freedom.

  Wei Wu Wei

  Thinking, Long, Phenomenal

  Wei Wu Wei (2004). “Open Secret”, p.52, Sentient Publications

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• The Saint is a man who disciplines his ego. The Sage is a man who rids himself of his ego.

  Wei Wu Wei

  Men, Discipline, Ego

  "Fingers Pointing Towards the Moon: Reflections of a Pilgrim on the Way". Book by Wei Wu Wei, 1958.

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• The practice of meditation is represented by the three monkeys, who cover their eyes, ears and mouths so as to avoid the phenomenal world.

  Wei Wu Wei

  Eye, Practice, Meditation

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• All the evil in the world, and all the unhappiness, comes from the I-concept.

  Wei Wu Wei

  Evil, World, Unhappiness

  "Ask the Awakened: the Negative Way". Book by Wei Wu Wei, 1963.

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• Do not mistake the pointing finger for the moon.

  Wei Wu Wei

  Mistake, Moon, Fingers

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