Zen Proverbs

When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear.
-- Zen Proverb

When you reach the top, keep climbing.
-- Zen Proverb

It takes a wise man to learn from his mistakes, but an even wiser man to learn from others'.
-- Zen Proverb

If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
-- Zen Proverb

Do not seek the truth, only cease to cherish your opinions.
-- Zen Proverb

The tighter you squeeze the less you have.
-- Zen Proverb

When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear.
-- Zen Proverb

Knock on the sky and Listen to the sound.
-- Zen Proverb

The ten thousand questions are one question. If you cut through the one question, then the ten thousand questions disappear.
-- Zen Proverb

Before enlightenment, cut wood, carry water.
After enlightenment, cut wood, carry water.
-- Zen Proverb

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