A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
禅宗谚语
Zen Proverbs
Let go or be dragged.
要么放手,要么被拖着走。
Chop wood, carry water.
砍柴挑水。
Scratch first, itch later.
先抓,后痒。
Hide your body in the Big Dipper.
把你的身体藏在北斗七星里。
Clouds gone, the mountain appears.
云去了,山就出现了。
Sit, walk, or run, but don't wobble.
坐,走,跑,但不要摇晃。
When walking, walk. When eating, eat.
走路时,走路。吃的时候,吃了。
To know and not do is not yet to know.
知道而不做还不知道。
When you reach the top, keep climbing.
当你到达山顶时,继续攀登。
From the withered tree, a flower blooms.
枯树上开出一朵花。
Knock on the sky and Listen to the sound.
敲打天空,听那声音。
When the shoe fits, the foot is forgotten.
当鞋子合脚时,脚就被遗忘了。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving.
不是风,不是旗;思想是运动。
The infinite is in the finite of every instant.
无限存在于每一个瞬间的有限之中。
Sometimes, simply by sitting, the soul collects wisdom
有时候,只要坐着,灵魂就能收集智慧
It takes a wise man to learn from his mistakes, but an even wiser man to learn from others.
聪明人从错误中学习,更聪明的人从别人身上学习。
Knowledge is learning something every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day.
知识就是每天学习一些东西。智慧就是每天放下一些事情。
A flower falls even though we love it and a weed grows even though we do not love it.
一朵花即使我们爱它也会凋零,一棵杂草即使我们不爱它也会生长。