Classic Zen quotations

We should be broad-minded from the beginning and act thoroughly at the end. Here are 65 Zen sayings I compiled for you. Welcome to share.

1, you can only listen to the ups and downs of Zen, looking for chimes and red dust that sank into the darkness and overturned at this time, as well as the warmth that set off the smoke and dust, as well as the deep affection of indulging in the past and flowing water.

2, stay away from what you feel, as if nothing happened.

3. Less desire is the greatest happiness in life; Contentment is the greatest wealth in life; Love is the best companion in life; Wisdom is the best light in life. Happiness and happiness do not exist in the external world, but come from the inner treasure. If you want to get real happiness and happiness, don't look outside, but play and dig from the heart.

4, because of hunger, becoming a monk, if so, the name is bald. Nanben Nirvana Sutra Volume III King Kong Body Products

5. There is happiness if you have kindness, and there is kindness if you have good thoughts, so that you can benefit from the field and be happy.

6, people's life, stop-and-go, stumbling, how much won, how much missed, all happened unconsciously, in an instant, the defeat is also in an instant. It is always difficult for people to get rid of the pursuit of fame and fortune and care about gains and losses. They often struggle all their lives and don't know why they were born. Sometimes, people are confused, don't know what the meaning of running all the way is, and don't know what the goal is to stand on tiptoe; Sometimes, looking up all the time is the wrong angle. Even if you look at your sore neck, how can you see the bright meteor that illuminates the sky instantly?

7. Resentment is to vilify your life.

8. Ways to deal with troubles: First, ask yourself; Second, learn to understand others; Third, know how to be grateful and dedicated; Fourth, cherish the fate and cherish the blessing.

9. Everyone has something to do. If someone does everything, the more they do, the happier they are.

10. The longer you study Buddhism, the higher your ability to practice, and the more you should completely subdue and break your troubles, persistence and habits. At the same time, your love and wisdom will be infinitely improved. However, some people often run counter to it. Their troubles are more intense than those who have not studied Buddhism, and their inner persistence and habits are more serious than those who have not practiced at the beginning. The reason is that in the process of spiritual practice, we lack correct knowledge and correct views, so everything we have learned and done has become a tool to help Jaken increase his knowledge of evil.

1 1, the heart is not inside, not outside, not in, like its YoYo, so is crime and filth, and so is all laws.

12, everyone wants to "own", but the problem is that people's desires are endless, filling their stomachs and seeking delicious food; Married a beautiful wife and wanted a beautiful concubine; If you have a house, you want Huaxia: you want to work and you want to be promoted; Get a thousand dollars, but also ask for ten thousand dollars ... precious life is spent in the endless pursuit of "possession"

13, don't blindly accept everything, and don't blindly refuse. It depends on the nature of things, but also on the environment and atmosphere at that time. You can't refuse what you should accept and you can never accept what you should refuse. While learning to accept, people should also learn to refuse and learn to grasp the appropriateness between acceptance and rejection. It is difficult to grasp this degree, which requires both sufficient understanding and sufficient confidence and courage.

14. The purpose of Feng Shui theory is to explore nature, conform to nature, effectively use and transform nature, select and create the best architectural environment suitable for people's physical and mental health and behavioral needs, and make it reach the perfect realm of harmony between Yin and Yang, harmony between man and nature, and physical and mental harmony.

15, we don't have to look for wealth outside our hearts. Real wealth should be the constant energy in our hearts. People pursue wealth for a better life. However, real wealth is not the accumulation of external money and material, but the satisfaction and enrichment of the heart.

16. Although the Bodhisattva takes the net precept, all living beings should follow it, but those who smell it cannot. Therefore, the bodhisattva keeps all the precepts, and the one who hears them holds all the precepts.

17, all the blessings I have received since I learned the Tao are gathered together to give kindness to people, parents, squirms and so on in the world.

18, when we are happy, the reason for happiness does not mean giving up the lock of the world, but seeing through and letting go; When we are upset, the reason why we are upset does not mean the interference of phenomena, but the separation and persistence of phenomena.

19, all the sins of the past, now I repent; Now I have committed a crime and sincerely expose it; Not the author, even dare not do it; I dare not hide what I have done. Guang Jin Ming Jing Volume I, Confessions

20. Assets are always a variable, and big businessmen will never be slaves to assets. Only when assets keep flowing, become listed companies with wealth reproduction, and finally integrate into the torrent of economic development, benefit the country and the people, can they be living and meaningful assets and create big businessmen.

2 1, "All rivers run into the sea, with great tolerance". The most tolerant thing in the world is nature. Because of the tolerance of the earth, everything has spirit; With the tolerance of rivers, there will be the vastness of the sea; With the tolerance of severe winter, there will be a spring full of flowers. Who doesn't expect a tolerant and harmonious living environment? Nature is our role model.

When water meets obstacles, it won't compete, but it will flow around. People who are tolerant and forgiving are like water, neither caring nor arguing. Complete your goal in a smart and intelligent way that does not harm all beings.

23. The value of kindness lies in selflessness. If every benefactor has this kind of ideological realm, he will give generously when he sees people in trouble; Give a helping hand when someone is killed; Afterwards, no matter whether the recipient has made any return, he can feel at ease and have no regrets. Over time, we can accumulate many virtues and benefit endlessly.

24. The same is true in real life. "Don't forget the past, the teacher of the future". After encountering failure, we should be good at learning from it, be brave enough to stand up from failure and continue to forge ahead bravely. Then you will eventually become those successful people. However, some people are losers in life. Instead of actively summing up experience and learning from it, they have been living in the shadow of failure.

25. If you see all beings suffering, just think of it as a thought: I am left to fend for myself, and the long night is more bitter, and its number is endless. Diligent and convenient, cut off everything and don't make progress. Za Agama, Volume 34, Classic 943.

26. When a woman falls in love with a man, it is often out of heartfelt admiration and appreciation. A man who makes her look down on can't make her really love him. Because Yang is always greater than Yin, Yang is always in an exposed position, in a very high position, just like heaven and earth, the sky is Yang and the earth is Yin. So when a woman falls in love with a man, there must be a lot of temperament that she looks up to and yearns for in this man. Of course, if a woman is very talented or strong, then the fewer men she can look up to, and her chances of finding the right person will become slim.

27. Practice in life and live in practice.

28, sincerely motionless, called Samadhi King. ..... This is the root of all samadhi. After that, we will miss the dust of this institute and become samadhi.

29. When you hate others, it is yourself who gets hurt. Learn to be grateful, and the grace of dripping water should be rewarded with a spring; Learn to be grateful, and know that giving others an opportunity is giving yourself an opportunity. If you give someone a rose, you will leave a lingering fragrance. If you help someone today, you will get help tomorrow when you are in trouble. Life is like a mirror. If you learn to be grateful and keep smiling at life, life will smile back at you.

30. All beings are bodhisattvas, so what is it? Bodhisattva takes Buddha's soil from all sentient beings.

3 1, plain people know that there are three realms of life: "Seeing mountains is mountains, and seeing water is water; Seeing mountains is not mountains, and seeing water is not water; See mountains or mountains, see water or water. " Therefore, people should look at the whole country, be broad-minded, enthusiastic and unpretentious, sincere and not hypocritical.

32. Women should have the characteristics of women: gentleness, coquettish, pleasing to the eye and elegance.

33. Optical classics can't achieve enlightenment, so we should apply what we have learned to practice.

34. The Buddha is merciful to all beings and treats them with a pure heart and an equal heart. Therefore, compassion and equality are the "truth" of Buddha's heart. Before sincerity appears, people will learn from the Ten Buddhists. The heart is pure, equal and impartial, which is the real fairness. This is the difference between all saints.

35. The lighthouse of Buddhism has pointed out the direction for us on the long road of spiritual practice. If it is hard to do something, it is hard to bear. The heart needs to be full of freedom and tolerance. It does not cling to the future or the past, but lives in the present and grasps the present. My heart is full and peaceful, and I always keep a normal heart. I take the normal heart as the Dojo, practice Buddhism and understand the true meaning of life in the universe.

36. The troubles and pressures of life are inevitable products of life. Learn to get rid of them in life instead of being embarrassed in life. When facing troubles, you might as well learn to laugh at yourself. In short, try to overcome your troubles and use your inner strength to adapt and influence the world around you, so as to change.

37. This story about the intensity and density of life contains the motivation of painstaking education of life, which inspires the dullness of life and the vastness of efforts. A person walks through this world, not to chew helpless loneliness, but to seek contentment and openness with the times. No matter how hurried his steps are, he should prepare a package: simple, peaceful, relieved and optimistic.

38. Live a little more for yourself. Many personnel have nothing to do with you. The taste of life, the deepest feelings, the most prosperous and plain life, the scenery step by step, and the feeling of one step at a time. No matter how time goes by, some things will not change, that is, the pursuit of beauty and the desire for true feelings, and give yourself a cold shoulder.

39. It's normal for people to come and go. No matter who passes by, fate walks towards him. If you are not sad or worried, keep your heart warm. In order to meet again next time, the troubles of life have different appearances, and stick to the indifferent and faint existence in your heart.

40. Giving up is sometimes more difficult than fighting for it, because giving up is also a choice. The highest state of giving up is not to regret. Everything has a price. The biggest price in life is not money and time, but opportunity. The more a person refuses to give up anything, the easier it is to miss the most precious opportunity in life!

4 1, unhappiness and misunderstanding with others in life, misfortune and sadness in life ... When the sea rises, let all troubles disappear with the passage of the tide; Every help from others should be carefully remembered, and the gratitude in your heart and the happy friendship between you should be carved on a stone, making it as immortal as a stone.

42, life does not bring, death does not bring.

43. Everything is put down and everything is won. If you can't put it down, you can't earn it. A person can let go, can let go, can hedge in his heart and plant chrysanthemums, so he doesn't have to avoid the noise of cars and horses. Wan Li Road is in Wan Li. You can't escape from my noise, and you can't escape from the noise of the world. In other words, when we are quiet, the world will be quiet.

44. I think happiness is happiness, so I am used to pursuing happiness. As everyone knows, no matter how much you have, you can't compare with physical and mental peace and health. I thought the scenery was far away, so I got used to running around. As everyone knows, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, it is not as quiet and peaceful as my home. Some things are indisputable and some things are unnecessary. What really enriches life is not what you want, but what you know.

45. Human beings like distinctive labels most, and even all kinds of personalities and emotions shared by human beings are labeled.

46. How can you see a rainbow without experiencing wind and rain? The brilliance of life can only be revealed through vicissitudes.

47. Stay away from swearing, self-harm and hurt each other. Practice the language well, benefit others and others.

48. Time flies, and the fleeting moment makes people old.

49. Live yourself as a remnant, not for understanding, but for pity. When life is far away from glitz, noise and enthusiasm, away from excitement, fame and fortune, conformity, life is to go round and round. The scum of the years has settled, leaving only a simple heart and an old red in time, transparent and crystal clear. In daily and secular days, there is a little poetic and simple light.

50. You should have a lotus in your heart and smile instead. That lotus flower has been through wind and rain and has been hurt. Then, still with that indifferent domineering. Or, with that kind of low-temperature but calm warmth, and that kind of innocence that has not been touched after mud. It must also have the possibility of sudden blooming. Even if it is dark, even if it is dark, even if it is cold.

5 1, Buddha said: Don't say that others are pitiful, but you are even more pitiful. Practice by yourself? I know how much life I have left.

52. Speak less and speak more.

53. If someone hurts you, there is no need to endure it, but you should stand up and resist it, but don't hate the person who did it, don't be angry with him, and don't say you want revenge. In this way, your reaction will not be an act of revenge, a kind of revenge. That's it. Really patient. When we are angry, it is difficult to make a correct judgment, so let go of your anger first.

54, a rotten bone, what is homework.

55. Most of our life is wasted on the unpredictable written language.

56. whether you are bitter or not, you are happy or not. This is only a temporary problem. If you cling to an idea, you will be trapped in an idea; Once you put it down, it's in your heart. Many people and many things are inevitable. In this case, just relax and let nature take its course. Things change at will, the environment is created by the heart, and troubles are born by the heart. No matter when and where, you should have a carefree heart, keep an open mind and don't let yourself live too tired.

57. When you are lazy, stay away from all troubles; Silence is always enough, and people should be liberated.

58, the mother is in the hall, and the name is rich; The absence of a poor mother is called poverty. When the mother is sad, it is called Japan and China; After her sad mother died, she was named Dan Yu. When mother is sad, it is called the moon, and when mother is sad, it is called the night.

59. If you live to be a hundred years old and are lazy and not diligent, you might as well be born one day and work hard.

60. The law of contentment is the land of wealth and happiness. A contented person, although lying on the ground, is still happy; Those who are not satisfied are not satisfied, although they are in heaven. Those who are not satisfied are rich and poor; A contented man is rich though he is poor.

6 1, don't recall the past, don't meet the future, don't cling to the present.

62. Only one's own heart hinders oneself, and nothing else.

63. If you want to realize the Buddha, you must take a trip to the Buddha.

64. When you are confused, you will learn from yourself, and you will only ask for more happiness. Listen to Faton step by step, gradually realize the Dharma, gradually practice, and gradually bear fruit.

65. Bodhisattva has no choice, such as the big moon wheel, which is completely silent. This is Nirvana.