The one who praises you is a thief. The one who criticizes you is your true friend.

- Seungsahn

If you want something then you lose everything. If you don’t want anything then you already have everything.

- Seungsahn

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

- Seungsahn

In the past, kong-an (koan) practicing meant checking someone's enlightenment. Now we use kong-ans to make our lives correct. . . . You must use kong…

- Seungsahn

If you are thinking, you can't understand Zen. Anything that can be written in a book, anything that can be said - all this is thinking . . . but if …

- Seungsahn

When reading, only read. When eating, only eat. When thinking, only think.

- Seungsahn

Just keep clear mind, go straight ahead, try, try, try for ten thousand years.

- Seungsahn

Human beings understand too much.

- Seungsahn

Taoist chanting, Confucian chanting, Christian chanting, Buddhist chanting don't matter. Chanting Coca Cola, Coca Cola, Coca Cola … can be just as go…

- Seungsahn