Best 15 quotes of Seungsahn on MyQuotes

A long time ago, Descartes sad, “I think, therefore I am.” But if you are not thinking, what?

Craziness is good. Crazy people are happy, free, they have no hindrance. But since you have many attachment, you are only a little crazy. This is not crazy enough. You must become completely crazy. Then you will understand.

I always try meditation. Meditation means always keeping one mind, not-moving mind.

If you are thinking, you can't understand Zen. Anything that can be written in a book, anything that can be said - all this is thinking . . . but if you read with a mind that has cut off all thinking, then Zen books, sutras and Bibles are all the truth. So is the barking of a dog or the crowing of a rooster. All things are teaching you at every moment, and these sounds are even better teaching than Zen books.

If you throw away all thoughts of attainment, you will then come to see the real purpose of your quest.

If you want something then you lose everything. If you don’t want anything then you already have everything.

If you want to understand what a watermelon is, you take a watermelon, get a knife, and cut the watermelon. Then you put a slice in your mouth. Boom! YOUR experience!

In original nature There is no this and that. The Great Round Mirror Has no likes or dislikes.

Just keep clear mind, go straight ahead, try, try, try for ten thousand years.

Perceiving your own voice means perceiving your true self or nature. When you and the sound become one, you dont hear the sound; you are the sound.

Taoist chanting, Confucian chanting, Christian chanting, Buddhist chanting don't matter. Chanting Coca Cola, Coca Cola, Coca Cola … can be just as good if you keep a clear mind. But if you don't keep a clear mind, and are only following your thinking as you mouth the words, even the Buddha cannot help you.

The Great Way has no gate. Clear water has no taste. The tongue has no bone. In complete stillness, a stone girl is dancing.

The one who praises you is a thief. The one who criticizes you is your true friend.

The Truth is realized in an instant; the Act is practiced step by step.

Throwing away Zen mind is correct Zen mind. Only keep the question, 'What is the best way of helping other people?'