Zen Inspirational Short Phrases

Answer 1

Here are some inspirational Zen phrases:
1. On the long road of life, every step counted. Regardless of whether it was good or bad, it was the tempering of growth, maintaining the initial heart and bravely advancing forward.
2. In life, many grievances were inevitable. The more successful one was, the more grievances one would suffer. If you want your life to be valuable, you can't care too much about grievances.
3. No matter how good or bad life was, he had to accept it and move forward silently. He had to treat complicated life with a simple state of mind and persevere to the end.
4. It was normal for people to gather and disperse, and rise and fall. After walking through it, they would become calm.
5. Life was a journey of enlightenment. One would realize that some things such as health, self-cultivation, taste, reputation, and friends were more important than money, knowledge, status, glory, and wealth.
6. In life, there was no need to seek to understand everything. It was fine to be a little muddle-headed. It was better to care about losing feelings and hurting oneself. Time would prove black and white.
7. Life was like tea, there were shades of bitterness and sweetness. It couldn't be bitter for a lifetime, but it would be bitter for a while. One had to find sweetness in bitterness and hope in adversity.
8. Only when one's heart was as still as water could one see the truth of all things.
9. Everything was empty, only his heart remained unchanged.
10. Zen, not in words, but in the heart.
11. If there is no dust in the heart, why do you need to wash it? If the mind is free, it can be at ease.
12. All the things in the world were the manifestation of the heart.
13. What the Zen Sect wanted was nothing more than a normal heart.
14. Life is like a dream, everything is up to fate, why be persistent?
15. His zen heart was like water, crystal clear and calm.
16. All kinds of methods are one. Where does one go? So it was only for now.
17. Sit still and think about your own mistakes, chat and talk about other people's mistakes.
18. Zen is not about sitting, but about understanding.
19. The heart is like a mirror, always wipe it frequently, do not let it stir up dust.
20. There was nothing else in Zen cultivation except awakening.
21. One was many, and many was one. Everything was in one heart.
22. Zen is not to seek outside, but to observe inside.
23. If the heart does not move, what can the wind do? If the heart has no desire, where is it not at ease?
24. Guarding an inch of shade, cooking tea.
25. I have experienced countless hardships, no resentment, no sorrow.
26. All their encounters were destined.
27. In the crowd, she wanted to find a quiet excuse, so she was lonely.
28. In the past, it was difficult to take back what was spilled. Only after experiencing the tribulation could one sit and watch the clouds rise.
29. He knew that love had its bitterness, but he was still indulging in it. To save people?
30. You and I are mortals, like drifting duckweed, flowing into the distance in the light of time, meeting, forgetting, simply coming, simply going.
31. Like a butterfly with broken wings, perched in the bustling world, the clouds and water were the past that you could not go back to.
32. The poor and the rich are all by fate, why bother to sigh? But do good things, don't ask about the future.
33. If you don't talk about human affairs when you meet people, then there are no people in the world.
34. Sitting alone in the secluded bamboo forest, playing the piano and shouting. People in the deep forest do not know, but the bright moon shines on each other.
35. After the rain, autumn came late. The bright moon shines among the pine trees, and the clear spring flows up the stone.
36. A pure heart is the way, and retreating is actually moving forward.
37. There were flowers in spring and moons in autumn, cool breezes in summer and snow in winter. If there was nothing to worry about, it was a good time in the world.
38. When we reached the end of the river, we sat down and watched the clouds rise.
39. The moon sets, crows cry, and frost fills the sky. The river maple and fishing fire face each other and sleep with sorrow. At Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, the sound of the bell reached the passenger ship in the middle of the night.
40. Bodhi is not a tree, and the mirror is not a platform. There is nothing in the world, so how can there be dust?

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