When it's time to get dressed, put on your clothes. When you must walk, then walk. When you must sit, then sit. Just be your ordinary self in ordinar…

- Linji Yixuan

When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean.

- Linji Yixuan

The real being, with no status, is always going in and out through the doors of your face.

- Linji Yixuan

The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on earth

- Linji Yixuan

If you try to grasp Zen in movement, it goes into stillness. If you try to grasp Zen in stillness, it goes into movement. It is like a fish hidden in…

- Linji Yixuan

If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.

- Linji Yixuan

Followers of the Way [of Chán], if you want to get the kind of understanding that accords with the Dharma, never be misled by others. Whether you're …

- Linji Yixuan

Be a master everywhere and wherever you stand is your true place.

- Linji Yixuan

Those who are nothing particular are noble people. Don't strive - just be ordinary.

- Linji Yixuan