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 Copy Share Image
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… — Linji Yixuan Copy Share Image
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… — Linji Yixuan Copy Share Image
Those who are nothing particular are noble people. Don't strive - just be ordinary. — Linji Yixuan Copy Share Image
Followers of the Way [of Chán], if you want to get the kind of understanding that accords with the Dharma, never be misled by… — Linji Yixuan Copy Share Image
The real being, with no status, is always going in and out through the doors of your face. — Linji Yixuan Copy Share Image
“If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the sea of delusion.” — Línjì Yìxuán Copy Share Image
If you try to grasp Zen in movement, it goes into stillness. If you try to grasp Zen in stillness, it goes into movement.… — Linji Yixuan Copy Share Image