Quotes by Seungsahn

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

Ifs

Long

Thinking

Clear mind is like the full moon in the sky. Sometimes clouds come and cover it, but the moon is always behind them. Clouds go away, then the moon shines brightly. So don’t worry about clear mind: it is always there. When thinking comes, behind it is clear mind. When thinking goes, there is only clear mind. Thinking comes and goes, comes and goes, You must not be attached to the coming or the going.

Attachment

Moon

Thinking

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.

Attachment

Crazy

People

Don’t want anything. Then you get everything.

Want

Human beings understand too much.

Human Beings

Humans

Too Much

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

Mean

Meditation

Moving

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.

Book

Dog

Teaching

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

Beautiful

Purpose

Real

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

Ifs

Want

Want Something

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!

Cutting

Knives

Mouths

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Beautiful

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Buddhist

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Crazy

Cutting

Dancing

Dog

Dream

Eating

Girl

Helping Others

Human Beings

Humans

Ifs

Instant

Knives

Life

Likes

Long

Mean

Meditation

Mind

Mirrors

Moon

Morning

Mouths

Moving

Noses

Past

People

Praise

Purpose

Reading

Real

Self

Spiritual

Steps

Teaching

Thieves

Thinking

Too Much

Touching

True Friend

Truth Is

Voice

Want

Want Something

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Quotes by Seungsahn

Seungsahn

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.

Don’t want anything. Then you get everything.

Human beings understand too much.

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

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!

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