"The Truth is realized in an instant; the……" — Seungsahn

"The Truth is realized in an instant; the Act is practiced step by step."

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18 Quotes by Seungsahn

Seungsahn has 18 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

In original nature There is no this and that. The Great Round Mirror Has no likes or dislikes.
If you throw away all thoughts of attainment, you will then come to see the real purpose of your quest.
Clear mind is like the full moon in the sky. Sometimes clouds come and cover it, but the moon is…
Taoist chanting, Confucian chanting, Christian chanting, Buddhist chanting don't matter. Chanting Coca Cola, Coca Cola, Coca Cola … can be…
The Great Way has no gate. Clear water has no taste. The tongue has no bone. In complete stillness, a…
The one who praises you is a thief. The one who criticizes you is your true friend.
A long time ago, Descartes sad, “I think, therefore I am.” But if you are not thinking, what?
In the past, kong-an (koan) practicing meant checking someone's enlightenment. Now we use kong-ans to make our lives correct. .…
If you want to understand what a watermelon is, you take a watermelon, get a knife, and cut the watermelon.…
Don't want anything. Then you get everything.
If you want something then you lose everything. If you don’t want anything then you already have everything.
You can fix your body, your heart, your diabetes. In Korea, China, and India, there are people who do yoga.…

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More Act Quotes

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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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