Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.
Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.
Those who know don't tell and those who tell don't know.
The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.
Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.
Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.
When the student is ready the teacher will appear.
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few.
Zen phrase says The instant you speak about a thing you miss the mark.
To follow the path look to the master follow the master walk with the master see through the master become the master.
If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?
Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
When you get there, there isn't any there there.
A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.
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