Zen Proverb

Hide your body in the Big Dipper

— Zen Proverb

Before enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood and carry water.

— Zen Proverb

“Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard and strong.”

— Zen Proverb

When walking, walk. When eating, eat.

— Zen Proverb

“A river too pure, yields no fish.”

— Zen Proverb

Scratch first, itch later.

— Zen Proverb

Sometimes, simply by sitting, the soul collects wisdom

— Zen Proverb

Be master of mind rather than mastered by mind

— Zen Proverb