--- title: "1 Straight Ahead Quotes By Seungsahn" description: "1 Straight Ahead quotes by Seungsahn. Plus more from Seungsahn and more Straight Ahead sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8a/seungsahn-33359_clear_just-keep-clear-mind-go-straight-ahead-t_2580163.png" --- > [Just keep clear mind, go straight ahead, try, try, try for ten thousand years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seungsahn/just-keep-clear-mind-go-straight-ahead-try-try-try-for-ten-thousand/) [Seungsahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seungsahn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8a/seungsahn-33359_clear_just-keep-clear-mind-go-straight-ahead-t_2580163.png) ## More by Seungsahn > [If you want to understand what a watermelon is, you take a watermelon, get a knife, and cut the watermelon. Then you put a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seungsahn/if-you-want-to-understand-what-a-watermelon-is-you-take-a-watermelon/) [Seungsahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seungsahn/) > [Craziness is good. Crazy people are happy, free, they have no hindrance. But since you have many attachment, you are only a little crazy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seungsahn/craziness-is-good-crazy-people-are-happy-free-they-have-no-hindrance/) [Seungsahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seungsahn/) > [A long time ago, Descartes sad, “I think, therefore I am.” But if you are not thinking, what?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seungsahn/a-long-time-ago-descartes-sad-i-think-therefore-i-am-but-if-you-are/) [Seungsahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seungsahn/) > [The one who praises you is a thief. The one who criticizes you is your true friend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seungsahn/the-one-who-praises-you-is-a-thief-the-one-who-criticizes-you-is-your/) [Seungsahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seungsahn/) > [Clear mind is like the full moon in the sky. Sometimes clouds come and cover it, but the moon is always behind them. Clouds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seungsahn/clear-mind-is-like-the-full-moon-in-the-sky-sometimes-clouds-come-and/) [Seungsahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seungsahn/) > [The Great Way has no gate. Clear water has no taste. The tongue has no bone. In complete stillness, a stone girl is dancing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seungsahn/the-great-way-has-no-gate-clear-water-has-no-taste-the-tongue-has-no/) [Seungsahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seungsahn/) > [If you are thinking, you can't understand Zen. Anything that can be written in a book, anything that can be said - all this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seungsahn/if-you-are-thinking-you-can-t-understand-zen-anything-that-can-be/) [Seungsahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seungsahn/) > [If you want something then you lose everything. If you don’t want anything then you already have everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seungsahn/if-you-want-something-then-you-lose-everything-if-you-don-t-want/) [Seungsahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seungsahn/) > [In the past, kong-an (koan) practicing meant checking someone's enlightenment. Now we use kong-ans to make our lives correct. . . . You must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seungsahn/in-the-past-kong-an-koan-practicing-meant-checking-someone-s/) [Seungsahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seungsahn/) > [If you throw away all thoughts of attainment, you will then come to see the real purpose of your quest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seungsahn/if-you-throw-away-all-thoughts-of-attainment-you-will-then-come-to/) [Seungsahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seungsahn/) > [Just keep clear mind, go straight ahead, try, try, try for ten thousand years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seungsahn/just-keep-clear-mind-go-straight-ahead-try-try-try-for-ten-thousand/) [Seungsahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seungsahn/) > [Perceiving your own voice means perceiving your true self or nature. When you and the sound become one, you dont hear the sound; you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seungsahn/perceiving-your-own-voice-means-perceiving-your-true-self-or-nature-2/) [Seungsahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seungsahn/) > [Throwing away Zen mind is correct Zen mind. Only keep the question, 'What is the best way of helping other people?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seungsahn/throwing-away-zen-mind-is-correct-zen-mind-only-keep-the-question/) [Seungsahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seungsahn/) > [In original nature There is no this and that. The Great Round Mirror Has no likes or dislikes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seungsahn/in-original-nature-there-is-no-this-and-that-the-great-round-mirror/) [Seungsahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seungsahn/) > [Zen is very easy! It's like touching your nose when you wash your face in the morning!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seungsahn/zen-is-very-easy-it-s-like-touching-your-nose-when-you-wash-your-face/) [Seungsahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seungsahn/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/straight-ahead/seungsahn/#itemlist", "name": "1 Straight Ahead Quotes By Seungsahn", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Just keep clear mind, go straight ahead, try, try, try for ten thousand years.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Seungsahn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seungsahn/just-keep-clear-mind-go-straight-ahead-try-try-try-for-ten-thousand/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8a/seungsahn-33359_clear_just-keep-clear-mind-go-straight-ahead-t_2580163.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8a/seungsahn-33359_clear_just-keep-clear-mind-go-straight-ahead-t_2580163.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8a/seungsahn-33359_clear_just-keep-clear-mind-go-straight-ahead-t_2580163.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Just keep clear mind, go straight ahead, try, try, try for ten thousand years.” — Seungsahn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/straight-ahead/seungsahn/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/straight-ahead/seungsahn/", "name": "Straight Ahead Quotes by Seungsahn", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/straight-ahead/seungsahn/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8a/seungsahn-33359_clear_just-keep-clear-mind-go-straight-ahead-t_2580163.png" }, "description": "1 Straight Ahead quotes by Seungsahn. 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