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No seed ever sees the flower.
If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything;
it is open to everything. In the beginner's mind there are
many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few.
Shunryu Suzuki-Roshi
Hogen, a Chinese Zen teacher, lived alone in a small temple
in the country. One day four traveling monks appeared and
asked if they might make a fire in his yard to warm themselves.
While they were building the fire, Hogen heard them arguing
about subjectivity and objectivity. He joined them and said:
"There is a big stone. Do you consider it to be inside or outside your mind?"
One of the monks replied: "From the Buddhist viewpoint everything
is an objectification of mind, so I would say that the stone is inside my mind."
"Your head must feel very heavy," observed Hogen,
"if you are carrying around a stone like that in your mind."
No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place.
Water which is too pure has no fish.
Ts'ai Ken T’an
The quieter you become,
the more you are able to hear.
We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want.
Lao Tzu
If you understand, things are just as they are;
if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
Zen Sayings
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