Lu Wei Quotes
Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 percent, Of everything you think, And of everything you do, Is for yourself - And there isn’t one.
Disciples and devotees…what are most of them doing? Worshipping the teapot instead of drinking the tea!
Please pray & wish me well (in hearing session). All I want is to clear my name and return to the badminton.
It is only with total humility, and in absolute stillness of mind that we can know what indeed we are.
THIS which is seeking is THAT which is sought, and THAT which is sought is THIS which is seeking.
What do you have to do? Pack your bags, Go to the station without them, Catch the train, And leave your self behind.
Past and Future are a duality of which Present is the reality. The now-moment alone is eternal and real.
In order to be effective truth must penetrate like an arrow - and that is likely to hurt.
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.
The Saint is a man who disciplines his ego. The Sage is a man who rids himself of his ego.
The only real service we can render to that which we perceive and interpret in phenomenal existence as 'others' is by awakening to universal consciousness ourselves.
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?
The practice of meditation is represented by the three monkeys, who cover their eyes, ears and mouths so as to avoid the phenomenal world.
Are you still thinking, looking, living, as from an imaginary phenomenal centre? As long as you do that you can never recognise your freedom.
We imagine that waking-life is real and that dream-life is unreal, but there does not seem to be any evidence for this belief.
We ourselves are not an illusory part of Reality; rather are we Reality itself illusorily conceived.
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.
The notion that human life has greater value than any other form of life is both unjustifiable and arrogant.
The qualities we possess should never be a matter for satisfaction, but the qualities we have discarded.
The laws of history tell us that only when the old is gone can the new take its place.
Democracy is not a mere consequence, a certain stage in the development of society. It is the condition on which the survival of productive forces depends.
Faith is stronger than so-called reality.
O Day after day we can't help growing older. Year after year spring can't help seeming younger. Come let's enjoy our winecup today, Nor pity the flowers fallen.
We must ask the high cadres ... When you suppressed the rights of others to express freely their political views, did you secure your own?
I don’t know if you have a child, but what the Chinese government want people to see is like you would want a child to see. Because every film shown in China is one that a child could see.
The autumn hill gathers the remaining light, A flying bird chases after its companion. The green color is bright And brings me into the moment, like a sunset mist that has no fixed place.
If I have a chance to try in Hollywood I will grab it. What is important is that the work is good - if it's a good role I will grab it. I simply want to do good work and I don't mind where it is.
How could sufferings be relieved through purification? To know the Path is to get lost at the ford. Indeed, sickness comes from worldly love And poverty begins with the pursuit of greed.
A new home by a gap in the Meng wall; Of the old trees, a few gnarled willows are left. Those who come in the future, who will they be, Grieving in vain for what others had before?
It is more important that we listen to others than to always be speaking, for in that way we learn what there is to know. We should be easy to talk to, and grateful for new information.