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Seung Sahn

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Quotes by Seung Sahn

Human beings understand too much.
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Human beings understand too much.
Don't want anything. Then you get everything.
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Don't want anything. Then you get everything.
This is the whole point of the Heart Sutra. From moment to moment, when you are doing something, just do.
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This is the whole point of the Heart Sutra. From moment to moment, when you are doing something, just do.
Zen means putting it all down, cutting off all thinking, and returning to your pure and clear original nature.
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Zen means putting it all down, cutting off all thinking, and returning to your pure and clear original nature.
You can fix your body, your heart, your diabetes. In Korea, China, and India, there are people who do yoga. They go to the mountains and do breath-in, breath-out meditation. They can live 500 years and not get sick. Keeping their bodies for a long time is possible; even flying in the sky is possible.
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You can fix your body, your heart, your diabetes. In Korea, China, and India, there are people who do yoga. They go to the mountains and do breath-in, breath-out meditation. They can live 500 years and not get sick. Keeping their bodies for a long time is possible; even flying in the sky is possible.
Meditation means keeping one mind. You must understand - what is life? What is death? If you keep one mind, there is no life, no death. Then if you die tomorrow, no problem; if you die in five minutes, no problem.
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Meditation means keeping one mind. You must understand - what is life? What is death? If you keep one mind, there is no life, no death. Then if you die tomorrow, no problem; if you die in five minutes, no problem.
When reading, only read. When eating, only eat. When thinking, only think.
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When reading, only read. When eating, only eat. When thinking, only think.
Perceiving your own voice means perceiving your true self or nature. When you and the sound become one, you don't hear the sound; you are the sound.
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Perceiving your own voice means perceiving your true self or nature. When you and the sound become one, you don't hear the sound; you are the sound.
Correct meditation means correctly understanding your situation moment by moment - what are you doing now? Only do it! Then, each action is complete; each action is enough. Then no thinking, so each moment I can perceive everything just like this.
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Correct meditation means correctly understanding your situation moment by moment - what are you doing now? Only do it! Then, each action is complete; each action is enough. Then no thinking, so each moment I can perceive everything just like this.
I always try meditation. Meditation means always keeping one mind, not-moving mind.
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I always try meditation. Meditation means always keeping one mind, not-moving mind.
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