91. Zen Phrases

1.) The test of zen is to find that still point within, even in the midst of chaos.
2.) Hakuin Zenji taught: Find the silence which contains thoughts.
3.) The ego is a fabricated illusion
4.) People are afraid to empty their minds fearing that they will be engulfed by the void.
What they don’t realize is their own mind IS the void.
5.) Zen thoughts do not lead us to zen mind. All ideas and opinions are mere clutter.
6.) Moment after moment everything emanates from emptiness. lasts for a little while, then
returns to emptiness.
7.) If you want to find zen, begin by not looking for it. Anything you find through thinking is
already a product of the mind. – Yuanwu
8.) Know this place of no thinking.
9.) Sustain attention on the present moment.