Seung Sahn Quotes

#1. Don't want anything. Then you get everything.

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#2. When reading, only read. When eating, only eat. When thinking, only think.

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#3. 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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#4. Human beings understand too much.

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#5. 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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#6. The Truth is realized in an instant; the Act is practiced step by step.

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#7. 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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#8. I always try meditation. Meditation means always keeping one mind, not-moving mind.

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#9. American dog say, 'Woof, woof.' Korean dog say, 'Mung, mung.' Polish dog say, 'How, how.' So which dog barking is correct? That is human beings' barking, not 'dog' barking. If dog and you become one hundred percent one, then you know sound of barking. This is Zen teaching. Boom! Become one.

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