Zen Saying

The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.

— Zen Saying

Hide your body in the Big Dipper.

— Zen Saying

The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences.

— Zen Saying

Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

— Zen Saying

The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say We did it ourselves.

— Zen Saying

The obstacle is the path.

— Zen Saying

Do not seek the truth, only cease to cherish your opinions.

— Zen Saying

If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.

— Zen Saying

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

— Zen Saying

Learning Zen is a phenomenon of gold and dung. Before you understand it, it's like gold; after you understand it, it's like dung.

— Zen Saying

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