Zen Sayings

Zen is the Japanese pronunciation of a Chinese word, ch’an which comes from a Sanskrit root meaning ‘thought’, ‘absorption’, or ‘meditaiton’. And meditation is at the heart of Zen, along with an emphasis on self-control and insight.

Zen uses art, koans, and storytelling to provide direct insight, bypassing philosophical constructs and the limitations of language. 

The following Zen sayings sound a bit cryptic. Some might also sound nonsensical. Not all will understand them. If you understand them, you would have an understanding of what is Zen.

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To understand nothing takes time. - Zen Proverb

If you understand, things are just as they are… If you do not understand things are just as they are. - Zen Saying

Knock on the sky and listen to the sound! - Zen Saying

Let go over a cliff, die completely, and then come back to life – after that you cannot be deceived. - Zen Saying

Before enlightenment chop wood carry water. After enlightenment chop wood carry water. – Zen Saying

Breathe deep and let go. - Zen Saying

The obstacle is the path. - Zen Saying

There is nothingness, where comes the dust? - Zen proverb

This is it. But if you fixate on it, It isn’t any more. - Zen Proverb

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