| "What is the color of the wind?""Sitting quietly, doing | | | | enlightened nature already within themselves.Now in |
| nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by | | | | the new book A Collection of Wisdom, author |
| itself.""When I eat, I eat. When I sleep, I | | | | Rodney Ohebsion shares some of the best of Zen, |
| sleep.""What is your original face, before your mother | | | | all in a clear, efficient, and vibrant format. Here are |
| and father were born?"These are all Zen sayings. Zen | | | | some of the Zen Buddhism teachings in the book:Be |
| is a branch of Buddhism that teaches about | | | | master of mind rather than mastered by mind. |
| mastering the mind, and releasing a distorted sense | | | | (Buddha)Overcoming yourself is better than |
| of reality. Instead of attempting to grasp reality, but | | | | overcoming everyone else, because then the victory |
| Zen philosophy teaches people to observe, accept, | | | | is yours, and cannot be taken from you by anyone... |
| and acknowledge reality. Zen also teaches | | | | (Buddha)First direct yourself to what is right; and |
| practitioners about realizing or acknowledging the | | | | then teach others. |