Backward Steps Quotes by Shitou Xiqian

Light and dark are relative to one another like forward and backward steps.

— Shitou Xiqian

Let go of hundreds of years and relax completely. Open your hands and walk, innocent. Thousands of words, myriad interpretations, are only to free…

— Shitou Xiqian

The vast sky is not hindered by the floating clouds.

— Shitou Xiqian