Collection of classic Buddhist Zen sayings

Thank God for what I have, and thank God for what I don’t have. This article is a collection of more classic Buddhist Zen sayings. I hope you all like it!

Classic Buddhist Zen sayings 1

1. There is no need to look back at the person who cursed you. Who is it? If a mad dog bites you, do you have to lie down and bite him in the mouth?

2. In order to increase the arrogance of people, the Buddha said that freedom from sexual immorality, anger and delusion is the ear of liberation. If there is no increase in conceit, the Buddha said that the nature of lust, anger and delusion is liberation.

3. If you are alive, you are blessed and you should cherish it. When I cried that I had no shoes to wear, I found someone who had no feet.

4. The root of all pain is selfishness, self-grasping and self-love. Benefiting all sentient beings and taking care of the interests of all sentient beings is the source of happiness.

5. You must always forgive all living beings. No matter how bad they are, or even if they have hurt you, you must let them go in order to gain true happiness.

6. Being in love with sex and greedy for money is a shortcut to losing one’s body; being indulged in drinking and eating meat every day is nothing but planting the deep roots of hell.

7. If you see the faults and rights and wrongs of sentient beings every day, you must quickly repent. This is practice.

8. The color of the relic is not different from emptiness, and the emptiness is not different from color. Form is emptiness, emptiness is color, and the same is true for feelings, thoughts, and awareness.

9. What is wrinkled is change, and what is not wrinkled is not change; what is changed is subject to annihilation, and what is unchanged has no birth and death, so how can you accept your life and death?

10 .Reality is the appearance of formlessness, the true mind is the heartless mind, the true gain is the gain without gain, and the true use is the use of futility.

11. People who are not blessed enough will often hear right and wrong; people who are blessed enough will never hear right and wrong.

12. The main road is wide, and there is nothing easy or difficult. A small view is doubtful, and it turns sharp and slow. If the main road is wide, it will be as clear as the void.

13. When you are poor, use your body to give, such as sweeping the floor, spreading water, and moving things. This is also a kind of charity.

14. Don’t be aggressive or lethal when speaking, don’t praise your abilities, don’t criticize others, and you will naturally turn your enemies into friends.

15. If all sentient beings remember and recite the Buddha's name, they will definitely see the Buddha when they come. They are not far from the Buddha; they will not use expedients to achieve enlightenment.

16. Although we cannot change the world around us, we can only change ourselves and face it all with compassion and wisdom.

17. It is advisable to step back and study deeply when learning the Tao, but with life and death in mind, the truth of the world is impermanent. If the body is not strong for a long time, if it does not take a breath, it will be a different world.

18. People who understand eternal truth will not mourn and cry for any separation of life and death, because separation of life and death is inevitable.

19. Don’t stay away from your closest friends because of a small dispute, and don’t forget the great kindness of others because of a small resentment.

20. When you are poor, use your body to give, such as sweeping the floor, sprinkling water, moving things, etc. This is also a kind of giving. Collection of Classic Buddhist Zen Sayings 2

21. Come from the heart. Think about and serve all sentient beings, and what you ask for will naturally come to you. Otherwise, you will get nothing.

22. Fate is created by oneself, appearance is born from the heart, everything in the world is transformed into appearance, if the heart does not move, everything will not move, if the heart does not change, everything will not change.

23. If you seek liberation for yourself, you still have not forgotten "I". Those who truly want liberation must serve all sentient beings and become a Buddha to save all sentient beings.

24. To understand an individual, you only need to see whether his starting point and destination are the same, and you can know whether he is sincere.

25. Suffer a point of grievance, eliminate a point of karma, and gain a point of wisdom. Let others take my head and cut off my job, let alone care about it.

26. Birth and death are blazing, and suffering is immeasurable; arouse the Mahayana intention to help all, and be willing to endure immeasurable suffering on behalf of all living beings, so that all living beings can finally achieve great happiness.

27. When you are poor, use your body to give, such as sweeping the floor, spreading water, and moving things. This is also a kind of charity.

28. Only by knowing yourself, surrendering yourself, and changing yourself can you change others. Today's persistence will cause tomorrow's regrets.

29. Let go, but don’t give up. Don’t give up any living being. This is called compassion. Letting go of all living beings is called wisdom.

30. In order to achieve the bodhisattva path, one must have the mental perseverance to not be afraid of mental labor and physical hardship, and move forward courageously to achieve it. Collection of Classic Buddhist Zen Sayings 3

1 A big belly can accommodate the things that are difficult to tolerate in the world; the Buddha's face can smile at the ridiculous people in the world.

2 Bodhi has no tree, and the mirror is not a stand. There is nothing in the beginning, so how can it cause dust.

3 For people in the world, there is no fixed law, and then you know the law. The world's affairs are still unfinished, so why not leave them unresolved.

4 Living beings and Buddhas do not invade each other. The mountains are high and the water is deep. There are thousands of different things, and everything is clear. Wherever the partridges crow, a hundred flowers bloom.

5 Living in the world is like being among thorns. If the heart does not move, people will not move rashly. If they do not move, they will not be hurt. If the heart beats, people will move rashly, hurting their bodies and bones, so they realize that all kinds of things in the world are pain.

6. Having the courage to accept criticism from others can help you adjust your own shortcomings.

7. Thank God for what I have, and thank God for what I don’t have.

8. Anyone who can consider others from their perspective is compassion.

9. Learning Buddhism is not a sustenance for death, but living with ease and transcendence in the present moment.

10. Don’t bring your own troubles because of the stupidity of sentient beings. Don't suffer yourself because of the ignorance of sentient beings.

11. There is no need to be angry or sad when others say something bad about us. You don’t have to be happy if you say we are good. Some of the bad things are good, and some of the good things are bad. It all depends on whether you can use it?

12. If you are clearly right and others insist that you are wrong, you will also You have to repent to others, this is what you practice. Only if you can endure anything can you make progress. Even if you are clearly right, you still have to ask others to repent. That is cultivation.

13. Don’t lose your temper when your mistakes are revealed. Don’t think that being willful or noisy can hide or overcome your shortcomings.

14. Don’t always feel that you are very unfortunate. There are more people in the world who are suffering than us. A foolish person always wants others to understand him. Wise people work hard to understand themselves.

15. Coming is accidental, leaving is inevitable. So you must, just go with the flow and go with the flow. Compassion is your best weapon.

16. Conscience is everyone’s most fair judge. You can deceive others, but you can never deceive your own conscience.

17. Sometimes we have to calmly ask ourselves, what are we pursuing? What are we living for?

18. Don’t stay away from your closest friends because of small disputes , and don’t forget the great kindness of others because of small resentments.

19 Everything is illusion.

20 The body is like a Bodhi tree, and the mind is like a mirror stand, which should be brushed diligently at all times to avoid dust.

21 The sea of ??suffering is boundless, but when you turn around, you will reach the shore. Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately.

22 If I don’t go to hell, who will?

23 I have a cloth bag, which is empty and has no worries. Expand it in all ten directions, and feel at ease when you enter. One bowl of food for thousands of families, traveling thousands of miles alone. When you see someone, you have a green eye, and when you ask for directions, your head is full of white clouds.

24. Neighborhood unity, happy family, career stability, and beautiful environment are the happiness that all living beings seek. Being able to give generously and serve sincerely without any regrets is the greatest happiness.

25. Question: What is the heart? Answer: The heart is the formless self. It is neither inside nor outside nor in the middle. It can go around the universe. ;