Top 18 Linji Yixuan Quotes
#1. Now that you're here, now that they know you exist, you'll never be free again. Ever. We're prisoners to our books, our fates planned long before we were born. You're no different than us. Fight your fate all you want, but deep down you know it's true.
Angela Parkhurst
#2. When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean.
Linji Yixuan
#3. To me, my feelings and pride are important. Although I like you it's not enough to be used like that.
Kim Do-Jin
#4. The real being, with no status, is always going in and out through the doors of your face.
Linji Yixuan
#5. I prefer to just jump into something instead of put it on the back burner, and I suppose that's how I deal with most challenging things. I'd rather just attack it head-on.
Kate Bosworth
#6. The moment a student blinks his eye, he's already way off. The moment he tries to think, he's already differed. The moment he arouses a thought, he's already deviated. But for the man who understands, it's always right there before his eyes.
Linji Yixuan
#7. Be a master everywhere and wherever you stand is your true place.
Linji Yixuan
#8. When it's time to get dressed, put on your clothes. When you must walk, then walk. When you must sit, then sit. Just be your ordinary self in ordinary life, unconcerned in seeking for Buddhahood. When you're tired, lie down. The fool will laugh at you but the wise man will understand.
Linji Yixuan
#9. Those who are nothing particular are noble people. Don't strive - just be ordinary.
Linji Yixuan
#10. All in all, I'd like to venture into film. Films are my staple diet, so I would love to be part of a feature film, independent film ... it all just depends on the story and the people behind it, really.
Tom Weston-Jones
#13. Christianity has confused catching mice with the real work of the Kingdom, which is more like hunting lions.
Leslie Ludy
#14. If you try to grasp Zen in movement, it goes into stillness. If you try to grasp Zen in stillness, it goes into movement. It is like a fish hidden in a spring, drumming up waves and dancing independently.
Linji Yixuan
#15. I believe the book should be something you protect yourself from by returning to your life. But it has threatened your life. Not by saying something it believes is true, but by attacking it.
Tony Burgess
#16. The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on earth.
Linji Yixuan
#17. If You Meet The Buddha On The Road, Kill Him
Linji Yixuan
#18. Man imagines himself to be conducting his own life; and irresistibly his inmost being is drawn to its fate.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
