Zen Quotes Koans & Wise Sayings

Zen Quotes Koans & Wise Sayings
Soundtrack:
Zila Khan - Rubai (Sufi Darvesh)

[@SebastianSkadisson]

Thank you for putting a smile on my face. My favourite quote is "The only Zen you find on the tops of the mountains is the Zen you bring up there". This one really amazed me.

[@DeathOrGlory83]

these sayings make you think and are calming at the same time, love it.

[@rahtidboydem]

"being happy doesnt mean that everything is perfect. it means that youve decided to look beyond the imperfections"

[@yvonko]

People like you, posting videos like this, really touch me deeply and fulfill me. It is so wonderful to see that LOVE is all around. Thank you.

[@gregjhill]

Zen is brilliant. Simple statements impart such profound insights.

[@stephansmith7630]

I'm quitting my job and I don't give a fuck what happens thanks to this vid.

[@Alche__]

How is that going?

[@stephansmith7630]

Adam Harlow My life is still a trainwreck and I'm drunk. But I wouldn't have it any other way! =)

[@Alche__]

Stephan Smith Your honesty is admirable.

[@timwalker4664]

Adam Harlow How is it going now? I hope all things are well with you.

[@stephansmith7630]

tim walker
In college.

[@humenigma]

brilliant... they help reframing alot... taking anew angle on things... letting all flow through you.... get back to nature.... stay in the moment... to let go.... to see the bigger picture through the detail of 1 pixel... to come full circle ...

[@hermenutic]

That is worth watching each morning with coffee for a week. Stunning. Nice pictures too.

[@TheWillwillwill]

It means that no matter how much we learn and grow spiritually, we can alway learn and grow more. The task never ends.

[@UBUBBOO]

True spiritual practice is not founded on attainment or on the miraculous, but on seeing life itself as a true miracle. In the words of a Zen master,
My magical power and miraculous gift:
Drawing water and chopping wood.
With Out Wax
H,,,,,Take care all and happy sailing love to all.

[@binduchopra]

Very soothing and meaningful....

[@SickBoy666100]

This was absolutely beautiful! Thank you. I will most certainly be viewing this many time again.

[@standinginnothing]

Thank you for posting

[@Childrenguild]

"The most apparent truth seems childish"
Words are words...
Night is when moon shines
Day is when sun shines
Just watching I begin to shine.

[@dozadog]

Do not ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive. Because what the world needs, is those who have come alive - Wild at Heart

[@KhalidMehmood-ej4yk]

Nobody mentioned the sound., poetry and marvellous voice of singing.

[@annamargareta11]

This was exactly what I needed right now! Thanks for this mind blowing work! Namaste!

[@ChaitanyoMahima]

Spectacular!!! Thank you for sharing.

[@kathmandau]

thank you.

[@taisen12]

What a superb video.

[@LeeGee]

Thank you for making and sharing!
Nemesté

[@dtseringdorje]

@Childrenguild You said: " Can you mantain clarity in all states of activity? Can you see inner truth, apparent form without hindrance?" These are very good questions.
I have opened eyes, so everything is clear. I don't make " inner truth" , "apparent form", so I have no hindrance with it. You make much conceptual thinking and understanding, so you must digest your understanding. Only chew, chew, chew. Then your understanding becomes milk of enlightenment and you'll attain peace.

[@luannalovell]

this needs more ratings!

[@JESODIST]

Hold On To Your Shine As Long As You Can, Because When Its Over We Will Meet.

[@jkris205]

Brilliant!!!Awesome music!!!

[@mahoose6]

Thank you so much for this beautiful video my friend!!!

[@jx14aby]

Nice. I love this stuff.

[@pradeepnatekar]

Great quotes and beautiful pictures. Superb work !

[@msexplorer1000]

This just inspired the thought of how some quotes resonate with a knowing, and some resonate in a different way...a need to reach way....unattained. It's a long road and when I find my pennies along the way and place them in my pocket....a moment of Clarity....and then scrambled brains until my questions become futile. Then I have to laugh:-)

[@gwynneveireland]

thank you for this video

[@hiucf]

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

[@moviedude22]

no way am I ready to find meaning in these...I can't help but chuckle once I read them

[@yayogde74]

thanx for sharing =)

[@Paahau]

Thank you, that was very much appreciated.

[@87cyberman]

Wonderful Video. Thank You!

[@georgejohnson1124]

Most Excellent........or not......... Om................

[@Zypher77777]

@wallofvideo I absolutely see how you can interpret these sayings as such. Zen comes from the perspective that normally its audience is attached to worldly desires (money, sex, etc.). Yet because Zen goes so far in its teachings to try to remove this "attachment" it more often than not gives the illusion of lending itself to "becoming excuses for a disengagement from any struggle.." In reality Zen seeks to have one's mind see the world in a purely unbiased manner.

[@babum9217]

Thanks for sharing such amazing quotes

[@mendozaann]

Thanks for sharing!

[@julianholchaks7336]

Thank you :}

[@TotalImplosion]

Two signs that you are getting older; 1) Your memory starts to go 2) I forget

[@Childrenguild]

Oh, how wonderful! The Rubix has colors, HA HA HA HA. Yellow, blue, and you could move them. HA HA HA HA HA, there is no joy, no sorrow, no non joy, it is as if light became dark, dark became light, and I'm just there watching, hearing, why am I still talking? Because I can! Oh how wonderful it is to have a human form!

[@abrandnewman]

a journey od thoursans miles begis with a single step

[@d34thguitarr]

Amazing.

[@dtseringdorje]

@Childrenguild It depends what you seek. If you seek realisation of Zen, then work with a Zen master. He gives you a koan to break through ignorance in Rinzai line, or gives you instruction to practice shikantaza in Soto line of work. If you want to practice Tibetan Buddhism for exmp. Kagyu mahamudra or Nyigma Dzog-Chen, go to Lama and ask him for guidence. You need to acomplish Ngondro ( mantra, prostrations, guru-yoga, offerings of mandalas), meditate shine & lathong and so on.

[@Iamthegreen]

To find true happiness you must be empty..... Empty of attachment

[@JTudders]

Those who sit, need dreams.
Those who stand, have dreams.
Those who run, desire dreams.
Those who walk, fulfill dreams.

[@turnip1071]

Thanks I enjoyed that!

[@Childrenguild]

"A beast may hurt your body, but an evil friend will hurt your mind"

[@MysticOfTheSands]

To a Zen practitioner Enlightenment (i.e. Satori) is no end to any road. Another saying goes:"Before Enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After Enlightenment, chop wood, carry water". In other words, he/she keeps "climbing the mountain", though there is nothing else to be "done". After enteringthe flow of the Dao, one only...is. Like all else.

[@dtseringdorje]

Put it all down. Know nothing. Understand nothing. Go only straight don't know. Then only enjoy your life to the full. You see Sun at day. At night there is moon and stars. Look around and see various things, colours. Listen and hear various sounds etc. Become mindful of everything. Then your life is correct and you can become awakened. That means you see, hear, taste, sniff, touch and think clearly without hindrance, with awareness of here & now. I'm eating icecream now and it tastes sweet.

[@timwalker4664]

thanks! very nice.

[@dtseringdorje]

@dtseringdorje These are preliminaries. There is "Ten Oxherding Pictures" in Chinese Cha'n ( Zen ). You can check out your progress through studing them. All what is important is to see what is already in front of you. What do you see in front of yourself? Subject plus object equals enlightenment. You already are seeing and hearing, but aren't aware of that. So teachings are like a finger pointing to the moon. See the moon and the finger. You can awake and live in mindfulness.

[@UBUBBOO]

It's all about those that see the grey area of life my friends.
With Out Wax
H,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Marrey xmas and a happy new year to you all

[@TheWillwillwill]

the sound of one hand clapping is the vibration created by consciousness imagining one hand clapping. The hand is not really clapping, but consciousness must occupy itself with some form of creation of manifestions.

[@JESODIST]

PEACE BEYOND TO YOU MY FRIEND.

[@Childrenguild]

@dtseringdorje
That is to be attached as well, to the form skanda and sensations as well.. Awakening is not simply realization, there are many realizations but many are due to the discriminatory mind. It is only with prajna wisdom one could see pass and simply watch as you said. The non knowing you speak of does come about but to cling to it is already a thought of comforting. Buddha explained it very well in the surangama a very advanced teaching what it means to be fully awaken, passed bhumis

[@billyrajeev]

nice sayings

[@jamesinct]

very nice

[@dtseringdorje]

@Childrenguild Poem is wonderful. " Just watching I begin to shine" This is like painting horns on a rabbit. Just watching is enough. I am watching and I am keeping only DON'T KNOW.
Practice:
1. WHAT AM I DOING NOW? : I am watching, washing dishes, walking, watching TV, listening to birds songs, lying down in my bed, sitting in meditation, falling asleep, washing my teeth etc.
2. HOW AM I KEEPING MY MIND RIGHT NOW, MOMENT TO MOMENT? Only DON'T KNOW.
Try it.
Try it and you succide

[@wolfmane14]

LMFAO " Man who go to bed with scratchy butt, may wake up with smelly finger" WOOW dude that was amazingly funny

[@dtseringdorje]

@Childrenguild Thinking is thinking. Don't worry about thinking. When thinking, then thinking. No problem. In fact thinking itself is enlightenment. Thinking is original function of sixth consciousness. So it's correct work of your Mind. What is to eliminate is your blindness and deaftness. You think and that's correct. Your eyes are open so you can see clearly this world. Your ears are open, so you hear clearly all sounds. Enlightenment is too easy. You see blue sky, white snow.

[@TotalImplosion]

Two Rules of Success : 1) Don't tell everything you know.

[@1i1b4113r]

Everything in this world has a purpose, bees collect honey, ants bring food to their colony, trees provide shelter and oxygen, you? every human has a different purpose but as a whole we have the same fate, your purpose is the road to self-intelligence.

[@ofirjrock]

thanks :)

[@dtseringdorje]

@MysticOfTheSands Where were you 10 000 years ago? Where will you be 10 000 in the future?

[@Childrenguild]

He who can speak what he doesn't know or better yet live knowledge and wisdom from the universal mind and then discard it.. The flower ornament sutra, heart sutra, diamond sutra, complete enlightenment sutra all explained without even thinking, for that aggregates the disease, Attaining transcendental wisdom is key, compassion merit, proper meditation not falling into clinging to any realm, creation, god, demon, thing, word, mantra, sound, birth, death, energy, even teaching.

[@UBUBBOO]

ZEN IS ZEN.

[@Zypher77777]

@wallofvideo Fair enough. Ultimately the Zen school of thought wants you to challenge rational thinking, not necessarily abandon it altogether. I completely understand your point of view on this regardless. In the end all Zen wants you to do is think outside of the box :P (or to realize that there is no box...or that the box is only in your mind...or that your mind is the box...or that the box is your mind...you get the idea ;) )

[@jennief2108]

Thank you so much ~ subbed Jennie

[@candidx7057]

Many quotes from the Dao de Jing.

[@lumuhrrr]

awesome

[@danielsymms]

that is wat makes it soo amazing :)

[@Childrenguild]

@dtseringdorje
Yes, I too has seen this states of thoughtlessness, of dhyana/"chan, samadhi as just that, simply states. The deafness and blindness are to be eliminated by sight, and sound is what you are saying. When I breathe, do I hear this? A zen master once told me do not look inside, look inside! Using antonyms to answer & eliminate all opposites leaving with me nothing, literally doing nothing, thinking nothing. I then realized nothing, for a moment all was pure.

[@TotalImplosion]

If a man is all alone in the woods and there are no women around, is he still wrong?

[@candidx7057]

Only if he if he speaks, and the woman is his wife.

[@balarajkakumanu9882]

There is no women....only man...

[@siewkonsum7291]

That which is only wrong is yourself... because you ask about it!

[@Childrenguild]

Empty Cloud poetry
"This crazed fellow-where is he from?
Striving to leave the wilderness
You become part of what’s wild.
Striving to cease grasping
Is, itself, grasping.
So how do you gain control and get beyond desire?
Open those eyes… the ones that were born in your own skull."

[@dtseringdorje]

@dtseringdorje Blue sky, cold snow are my ultimate teachers. What are they teaching me? When I look at sky there is only blue. When I touch snow, there is only cold. Do you get it, son? Put it all down your attachment to words. Have a look at the moon and hear the thunder. See the lighting and taste a beetroot soup. Do you like mushroom sause? What about cherries and tangerines? Which do you prefer, banana or avocado? All these and many, many more are your good teachers. Try them.

[@dtseringdorje]

@Childrenguild Wonderful, Wonderful. If you are hungry, then go eat something. You cannot eat Buddha's speach, but pizza or hamburger are always welcome when your stomach is empty. Enjoy your meal.

[@Childrenguild]

@dtseringdorje
Thank you! No, really really thank you!

[@dtseringdorje]

@JESODIST You know better than everybody else. Chew your herbs and you will feel better fit to the job. Breeze and a work out are good for your health, too.

[@charlie117717]

Exactly.

[@snuggylilangel]

Please do not speak negatively of Zen.
"All negativity is an illusion of the mind to protect and defend itself."

[@whybeafakebitch]

@Childrenguild I try to be loving and compassionate but its hard when ive been boon corrupted, exposed to the evil, but i correct my self and and still follow the teachings of the divine.

[@whybeafakebitch]

@dtseringdorje The only reason why I am 100% convinced is that we have spirits, when I was a child about 7 I lived in a very tropical rainforest area, and there were many unknown energies and entities, and possesion there occurs plenty of times, and I encountered a very odd phenomenon, when i was in my aunties living room playing while it was dark since we get alot of black outs,and when i was playing out of no where i felt a very hard grasp on my shoulder,hard enough for me to turn around,

[@haido4116]

Most daoist saying by Lao tzu.

[@Childrenguild]

A Ch'an Master once said "The Sutras are like Toilet Paper" Toilet paper simply is, taking all that crap yet it still does its "duty", and gets flushed without ever thinking of itself, without ever thinking. Awake in Samsara, and asleep in Nirvana.

[@MedDedNinja]

also heres another
A good friend will come bail you out of jail a true friend will be sitting next to you saying damn we ****ed up
im just foolin awesome video!!!!

[@Childrenguild]

@dtseringdorje
I need to help those suffering, watching TV is simply TV. But helping others sway even for a moment from samsara brings great joy to the heavenly heart. There is no more "I" or "me" "I" will respond to it, however I do not know who I am no more, I get glimpses of it when others smile and I give my whole physical, mental and ethereal, flesh, bone, skeleton to all those who are in need of it, peace cannot be explained only experienced and shared. "I" like talking to you, or me...

[@buddhabode]

you will not be able to understand these sayings at the center of your heart-mind until you have become Self-Realized.........then in an instant, the entire universe is in your awareness and you are in its awareness and you will know exactly what all of these wise words mean. Meditate with a God-realized guru and then you will understand. These koans are tests by masters, to see who is Self-Realized and who is not. It is perfect !

[@Locust59]

The sound of one hand clap: Ego

[@Childrenguild]

@dtseringdorje
A mad men breaking free from paranoia, sounds splendid! Rabbit with iron horns? Is this wisp of animals found in the sky of my mind, whose thoughts are like fluffy white clouds, unchanging purpose even through rainy weather?

[@dtseringdorje]

@Childrenguild Don't be afraid to think. Only thing to do is to recognise what is all the time in front of you, what is all the time around you. It is your MIND. Don't censor your thinking. Thinking is only thinking. Your sixth consciousness. Recognising this will make you very happy. Today is windy and sidewalks are slippery. We have winter! You must be aware of this fact. This is essential.

[@TotalImplosion]

If you aren't living on the edge, you're taking up too much room.

[@dtseringdorje]

@mullahnasruddinQQ What's your favourite food? If you find out your best meal, then understanding Zen, Sufi Way, Islam and Buddhism will be possible. Enlightenment we all seek, is all the time in front of your eyes. What's that? Once Buddha roused a flower in front of 1 500 monks and nuns. No words, no speach. Only a flower. Nobody understood, but one Man. Mahakasyapa just smiled. Then Buddha said to him: " I am giving you my Dharma Transmission." So Mahakasyapa saw a flower.

[@hermenutic]

That was nice.

[@sahilgupta7402]

great vdo
plz make another vdo of osho sayings also

[@dtseringdorje]

@Childrenguild Interesting poem. Here I am. Here you are. We are here. We are here whole eternity. What do you like, pizza or hot dog? When hungry, we eat. When tired, we sleep. When we meet beings in trouble, we are helping them to recover. Then we can get awake and live above Births & Deaths. There are other dimentions of existence. You can learn about them in Padmasambhava's Bardo Thodol ( Tibetan Book Of The Dead ). You can get it on Internet. There are also teachings LAM RIM.

[@dtseringdorje]

@Childrenguild Open those eyes... and see this winter's snow!

[@dtseringdorje]

@Childrenguild You thank me. I thank you. That's all. If you don't get it, then go outside tomorrow, sit on a bench and watch sky. What color is sky? It is too easy.

[@MysticOfTheSands]

You're welcome, friend :)