Thirteen Square

144 A compassionate mind is a diligent mind.

147 A flower falls, even though we love it; a weed grows even though we do not
love it.

26 A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.

48 A man who knows how little he knows is well. A man who knows how much
he knows is sick.

160 A wise person sees others as themselves.

117 Abandon learning and you will be free from trouble and distress.

35 All conditioned things are impermanent.

138 All is futility and chasing after the wind.

109 All teachings are mere references. The true experience is living your own
life.

32 All wrongdoing arises because of mind.

55 All that we are arises with our thoughts.

1 An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.

51 As long as you seek for something you will get the shadow of reality and not
reality itself.

36 Ask a cloud "What is your date of birth? Before you were born, where were
you?"

125 Be a master of the mind, not mastered by the mind.

152 Be compassionate to all living things insofar as you can.

162 Be content to be simply yourself without competition or comparison. This is

respect.

113 Be happy without reason.

76 Be like water.
19 Be mindful of intention. Intention is the seed that creates our future.

139 Be peace. Live peace.

84 Becoming awake involves seeing our confusion more clearly.

12 Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop

wood, carry water.

120 Being free of desires it is tranquil. And the world will be at peace of its own
accord.

165 Being is still; expression, moving.

5 Best be still; best be empty. In stillness and emptiness we find where to abide.
Talking and moving we lose this place.

28 By plucking the petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.

25 Can you remain unmoving until the right action arises by itself?

82 Can you see time? No. Then you should stop looking for it.

101 Change how you see and see how you change.

69 Composure is the ruler of instability.

96 Die in your thoughts every morning and you will no longer fear death.

20 Do everything with a mind that let's go.

71 Do not seek the truth, only cease to cherish your opinions.

127 Don't be interested in high-flown statements; bite your apple and don't
discuss it.

94 Empty yourself of everything. Let the mind rest at peace.

18 Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.

148 Every new moment matters most. Concentrate on now.

106 Everything changes. There is nothing to stick to. That is the most important
teaching.

74 Everything will come. Exactly as it does.

64 Experience this moment to its fullest.

59 Flow with whatever happens and let your mind be free.

41 For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.

63 High understanding comes from not understanding at all.

16 Hope and fear are phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we
don't see the self as self, what do we have to fear?

79 How you live today is how you live your life.

10 However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good
will they do you if you do not act upon them?

141 Humility is its own reward and appropriate to what we are.

38 I teach nothing; to think merely enables us to wake up and become aware. It

does not teach, it points.

149 If my mind doesn't go out to disturb the noise, the noise won't disturb me.

90 If right were really right it would differ so clearly from not right that there
would be no argument.

95 If you are not happy here and now you never will be.

114 If you realise that all things change there is nothing you will try to hold on
to.

121 If y
ou understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand,
things a re just as they are.

123 If you want to climb a mountain, begin at the top.

56 If you wonder what your way has to offer you, the answer is nothing.

22 If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to

everything.

24 If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things, this is the best season of
your life.

110 In difference there is completeness. In completeness there is difference.

80 In t he b
eginner's mind there are many possibilities but in the expert's mind
there are few.

72 In t he c onfrontation between the stream and the rock the stream always
wins; n ot t hrough strength but perseverance.

7 In the pursuit of knowledge: every day something is added. In the pursuit of

enlightenment: every day something is dropped.

158 "Is" is a deception in a world where everything is always becoming.

11 It is the child that sees the primordial secret of nature and it is the child of
ourselves we return to.

62 It takes a wise man to learn from his mistakes, but an even wiser man to
learn from others.

163 Just live your day. Do your tasks. And then sleep. Nothing more is required
of you.

111 Know nothing.

136 Laughter is a madness and pleasure no use at all.

128 Let things flow forward naturally in whatever way they like.

115 Life is like stepping into a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink.

46 L ifes entire teaching can be summed up in this way: Nothing is worth holding
on to.

155 Live slowly. Be attentive.

159 Look without searching. See without knowing.

104 Loss is not as bad as wanting more.

53 Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark.

75 Meditation is a skillful letting go.

97 Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience.

134 Much wisdom, much grief; the more knowledge, the more sorrow.

9 Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

124 No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again.

112 No self is true self.

126 Not creating delusions is enlightenment.

157 Nurture an innate recognition of your interconnectedness to all things.

14 Ordinary mind is the way. If you seek it you cannot find it. The way is not a
matter of knowing or not knowing.

60 Our life is shaped by our mind. We become what we think.

142 People like what is not true and they don't like what is true.

88 Perfection is just a word. Carry on.

66 Practice non-action. Work without doing.

107 Relearn everything. Let every moment be a new beginning.

73 Renunciation is not getting rid of the things of this world but accepting that
they pass away.

133 Sheer futility, sheer futility: everything is futile.

131 Simplicity, patience, compassion: these are your greatest treasures.

27 Step into the fire of self-discovery. This fire will not burn you, it will only burn
what you are not.

146 Stop looking for a point.

86 Stop measuring days by degree of productivity and start experiencing them

by degree of presence.

103 The beginner sees many possibilities, the expert few. Be a beginner every
day.

89 The brush must draw by itself.

161 The function of mind is response. T

he function of life is adaptation. Forests
are adaptations of seeds and seeds of d ust.

6 The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you

are out there.
43 The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love
and compassion.

129 The holiest beliefs and the highest thoughts offer you nothing.

151 The identity fades, the energy remains.

102 The infinite is the finite of every instant.

21 The mad mind does not halt. If it halts, that is enlightenment.

105 The man of Tao remains unknown.

13 The mind of non-mind, the thought of non-thought.

87 The moment we desire to be something we are no longer free.

77 The no-mind thinks no-thoughts about no-things.

42 The only thing we really have control over is our own experience.

3 The only Zen you find at the top of a mountain is the Zen you bring with you.

164 The path to enlightenment is underneath your feet. Stay on the path.

4 The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use, even spirituality.

65 The quieter you become, the more you can hear.

91 The sacred lies in the ordinary.

78 The soft and supple will prevail.

93 The stories you tell yourself create a "you" that is not true.

118 The torch of chaos and doubt, this what the sage steers by.

57 The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away! I'm looking for truth,"
and so it goes away.

45 The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything
new.

30 The wise man is one who knows what he does not know.

130 The world doesn't happen to you; you happen to it.

34 The world is won by those who let it go.

145 There is a season for everything and a time for all tasks.

83 There is no connection between I myself yesterday and I myself in this

moment.

135 There is no disaster greater than not being at peace.

137 There is nothing to be gained under the sun.

100 There is only your perception of time.

61 Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.

33 This is the time. This is the place. This is the vastness. Right here is paradise.
Always. Always.

70 Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know.

132 Thoughts aren't really fixed realities, but simply movements of the mind
that is thinking.

98 Time is not a line but a series of now-points.

119 To a mind that is still the whole universe surrenders.

154 To every person is given a key to heaven. The same key may also take you
to hell.

54 To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.

153 To see beyond ego is riches indeed.

156 To understand everything is to forgive everything.

15 To understand nothing takes time.

50 Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.

68 True happiness is based on peace.

49 True peace cannot be a chieved by force it can only be attained by training

the mind and learning to cultivate.

143 Truth is many.

92 Understand yourself and then you will understand everything.

169 We are here to awaken from the illusion of our separateness.

140 We have to allow ourselves to realise we are complete fools; otherwise we

have nowhere to begin.

31 We may idolize freedom but when it comes to our habits we are completely
enslaved.

108 We must realise that nothing is as it seems.

150 W e see thoughts for what they are: the passionate attachment to unreal
and non-substantial things.

29 We shape the clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds
whatever we want.

40 What is malleable is always superior to that which is immovable. This is

mastery through adaptation.

2 What you do right now is what matters.

52 What you possess, you lose.

8 Whatever you do, you do to yourself.

166 Whatever you're doing, you're doing it now.

23 When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

167 When there is no desire all things are at peace.

81 When you get to the top of the mountain, keep climbing.

85 When you realise there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

44 When you seek it, you cannot find it.

47 When your inner commentary finally ends, your happiness can finally begin.

37 Where ignorance is your master there is no possibility of real peace.

168 Wherever there is absence of self there are no others, because in absence of
self I am all others.
66 Whether a man dispassionately sees to the core of life or passionately sees
the surface, they are essentially the same.

122 With eyes watching, one cannot see. With eyes closed, one can see clearly.

39 You are one with everything.

58 You have a treasure within you that is infinitely greater than anything the
world can offer.

17 You may say, "I must do something this afternoon" but actually there is no
"this afternoon". We do things one after the other. That is all.

99 You need not do anything but be yourself.

116 Your suffering is my suffering and your happiness is my happiness.