Wei Wu Wei Quotes
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It is less what one is that should matter, than what one is not.
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The only real service we can render to that which we perceive and interpret in phenomenal existence as 'others' is by awakening to universal consciousness ourselves.
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I AM Here Now As This
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Living should be perpetual and universal benediction.
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The writer of these lines has nothing whatsoever to teach anyone; his words are just his contribution to our common discussion of what must inevitably be for us the most important subject which could be discussed by sentient beings.
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The seeing of Truth cannot be dualistic (a 'thing' seen). It cannot be seen by a see-er, or via a see-er. There can only be a seeing which itself is Truth.
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The Saint is a man who disciplines his ego. The Sage is a man who rids himself of his ego.
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As long as one accepts "time" tacitly as such he is dreaming a dream, not living a life.
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The qualities we possess should never be a matter for satisfaction, but the qualities we have discarded.
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All the evil in the world, and all the unhappiness, comes from the I-concept.
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Are we not wasps who spend all day in a fruitless attempt to traverse a window-pane - while the other half of the window is wide open?
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Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 percent, Of everything you think, And of everything you do, Is for yourself - And there isn’t one.
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In order to be effective truth must penetrate like an arrow - and that is likely to hurt.
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The practice of meditation is represented by the three monkeys, who cover their eyes, ears and mouths so as to avoid the phenomenal world.
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Never forget, what your looking for is what is looking.
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Disciples and devotees…what are most of them doing? Worshipping the teapot instead of drinking the tea!
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What do you have to do? Pack your bags, Go to the station without them, Catch the train, And leave your self behind.
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We ourselves are not an illusory part of Reality; rather are we Reality itself illusorily conceived.
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A man who is seeking for realization is not only going around searching for his spectacles without realizing that they are on his nose all the time, but also were he not actually looking through them he would not be able to see what he is looking for!
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Are you still thinking, looking, living, as from an imaginary phenomenal centre? As long as you do that you can never recognise your freedom.
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The notion that human life has greater value than any other form of life is both unjustifiable and arrogant.
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Past and Future are a duality of which Present is the reality. The now-moment alone is eternal and real.
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Play your part in the comedy, but don't identify yourself with your role!
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There is no mystery whatever - only inability to perceive the obvious.
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Do not mistake the pointing finger for the moon.
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We imagine that waking-life is real and that dream-life is unreal, but there does not seem to be any evidence for this belief.
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We do not possess an 'ego.' We are possessed by the idea of one.
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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 than the day you were born.
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Worshiping the teapot instead of drinking the tea.
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Doctrines, scriptures, sutras, essays, are not to be regarded as systems to be followed. They merely contribute to understanding. They should be for us a source of stimulation, and nothing more... Adopted, rather than used as a stimulus, they are a hindrance.
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