Zen Sayings

Zen is a school of Mahayana Buddhism emphasizing meditation as the path to direct experience of one's true nature and inner peace. Originating in China as ‘Chan Buddhism’, it spread to Japan and focuses on the practice of zazen (seated meditation) and cultivating a calm, present-moment awareness to understand the illusory nature of the ego and suffering. 

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Zen is a special transmission outside the Canonical Scriptures; it does not depend upon texts. - Robert Linssen

Consider the trees which allow countless birds to perch and fly away without wishing them to leave or desiring them to never depart. If your heart can be like this you will be near to the Way. - Zen saying

Knowledge is learning something every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day. - Zen Proverb

An ounce of effort is worth more than a ton of excuses. - Zen Proverb

In studying the way, realizing it is hard; once you have realized it, preserving it is hard. When you can preserve it, putting it into practice is hard. - Zen Saying

Move and the way will open. - Zen Proverb

Let go or be dragged. - Zen Saying

Old ways won’t open new doors. - Zen Saying

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