Wei Wu Wei quotes

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? (Wei Wu Wei)
All the evil in the world, and all the unhappiness, comes from the I-concept. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 per cent Of everything you think, And of everything you do, Is for yourself - And there isn't one. View quote
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Play your part in the comedy, but don't identify yourself with your role! View quote
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What is your trouble? Mistaken identity. View quote
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Living should be perpetual and universal benediction. View quote
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Realisation is a matter of becoming conscious of that which is already realised. View quote
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It is only with total humility, and in absolute stillness of mind that we can know what indeed we are. View quote
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The Saint is a man who disciplines his ego. The Sage is a man who rids himself of his ego. (Wei Wu Wei)
The qualities we possess should never be a matter for satisfaction, but the qualities we have discarded. View quote
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In order to be effective truth must penetrate like an arrow - and that is likely to hurt. View quote
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Wise men don't judge: they seek to understand. View quote
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There is no mystery whatever - only inability to perceive the obvious. View quote
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Disciples and devotees...what are most of them doing? Worshipping the teapot instead of drinking the tea! View quote
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One must know that one is not in order to be able to understand that we are. View quote
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The Buddha forbore to specify: as long as there is any "one" to suffer - he will. View quote
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There is no becoming. ALL IS. View quote
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There seem to two kinds of searchers: those who seek to make their ego something other than it is, i. e. holy, happy, unselfish (as though you could make a fish unfish), and those who understand that all such attempts are just gesticulation and play-acting, that there is only one thing that can be done, which is to disidentify themselves with the ego, by realising its unreality, and by becoming aware of their eternal identity with pure being. View quote
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The inadequacy of the short paragraphs that follow is due to the insufficiency of their expression. They are offered in the hope that the verity which underlies them may penetrate the mist of their presentation and kindle a spark that shall develop into the flame of fulfilment. Please be so good as to believe that there is nothing whatever mysterious about this matter. If it were easy, should we not all be Buddhas? No doubt, but the apparent difficulty is due to our conditioning. The apparent mystery, on the other hand, is just obnubilation, an inability to perceive the obvious owing to a conditioned reflex which causes us persistently to look in the wrong direction! (Wei Wu Wei)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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