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 know? You're a Zen master!' exclaimed the samurai.'Yes, but not a dead one,' Hakuin answered.
Do not seek the truth, only cease to cherish your opinions.
If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
In the landscape of spring, there is neither better nor worse. The flowering branches grow naturally, some long, some short.
It takes a wise man to learn from his mistakes, but an even wiser man to learn from others.
Knock on the sky and Listen to the sound.
The ten thousand questions are one question. If you cut through the one question, then the ten thousand questions disappear.
The tighter you squeeze the less you have.
The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men.
Though the bamboo forest is dense, water flows through it freely.
To do a certain kind of thing, you have to be a certain kind of person.
To follow the path, look to the master, follow the master, walk with the master, see through the master, become the master.
To know that there is nothing to know, and to grieve that it is so difficult to communicate this "nothing to know" to others - this is the life of Zen, this is the deepest thing in the world.
When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear.
When you reach the top, keep climbing.
Why do you ask questions? If you already knew the flame was fire then the meal was cooked a long time ago.
I only know a snowflake cannot exist in a storm of fire.
A weed is a plant whose virtues are only waiting to be discovered.
Women may spend their whole lives looking for true love. If you wish for true love, learn to love yourself.
You do not wait for fulfillment, but brace yourself for failure.
