Wei Wu Wei

The Saint is a man who disciplines his ego. The Sage is a man who rids himself of his ego.

— Wei Wu Wei

Disciples and devotees…what are most of them doing? Worshipping the teapot instead of drinking the tea!

— Wei Wu Wei

Realisation is a matter of becoming conscious of that which is already realised.

— Wei Wu Wei

“It is only the artificial ego that suffers. The man who has transcended his false “me” no longer identifies himself with his…

— Wei Wu Wei

We ourselves are not an illusory part of Reality; rather are we Reality itself illusorily conceived.

— Wei Wu Wei

What do you have to do? Pack your bags, Go to the station without them, Catch the train, And leave your self…

— Wei Wu Wei

THIS which is seeking is THAT which is sought, and THAT which is sought is THIS which is seeking.

— Wei Wu Wei

As long as there is a 'you' doing or not-doing, thinking or not-thinking, 'meditating' or 'not-meditating' you are no closer to home…

— Wei Wu Wei

Doctrines, scriptures, sutras, essays, are not to be regarded as systems to be followed. They merely contribute to understanding. They should be…

— Wei Wu Wei

As long as one accepts 'time' tacitly as such he is dreaming a drea, not living a life.

— Wei Wu Wei

Are you still thinking, looking, living, as from an imaginary phenomenal centre? As long as you do that you can never recognise…

— Wei Wu Wei

In order to be effective truth must penetrate like an arrow - and that is likely to hurt.

— Wei Wu Wei

It is less what one is that should matter, than what one is not.

— Wei Wu Wei

We imagine that waking-life is real and that dream-life is unreal, but there does not seem to be any evidence for this…

— Wei Wu Wei

The seeing of Truth cannot be dualistic (a 'thing' seen). It cannot be seen by a see-er, or via a see-er. There…

— Wei Wu Wei

What is your trouble? Mistaken identity.

— Wei Wu Wei

Living should be perpetual and universal benediction.

— Wei Wu Wei

Wise men don't judge: they seek to understand.

— Wei Wu Wei

“Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 per cent of everything you do is for yourself And there isn't one. ”

— Wei Wu Wei

Past and Future are a duality of which Present is the reality. The now-moment alone is eternal and real.

— Wei Wu Wei

Are we not wasps who spend all day in a fruitless attempt to traverse a window-pane - while the other half of…

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Spontaneity is being present in the present.

— Wei Wu Wei

The qualities we possess should never be a matter for satisfaction, but the qualities we have discarded.

— Wei Wu Wei

Transcendence implies the surpassing of two things, and the consequent attainment of a third thing. But there are no 'things' in reality,…

— Wei Wu Wei

Reintegration with Nature, which we are, is the recovery of spontaneity.

— Wei Wu Wei