“The student asked: Master, would you be angry with me if one day I become more knowledgeable than you? The master replied: I will be angry if you do not become more knowledgeable than me one day!” Mehmet Murat Ildan QuotesKnowledgeableZen StoriesZen StoryZen QuotesMaster And Student Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“The student asked: Master, you know this river very well, where is the fish most abundant? The master replied: Where there are plenty of fish, you won't gain anything by catching a lot of fish, anything but fish! I'll tell you where the fish are the least, go there, if you catch fish there you will not only have caught fish, you will also gain wisdom because the flower of wisdom grows in the land of difficulties!” Mehmet Murat Ildan QuotesZen StoriesZen StoryZen QuotesZen Quotations Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“The student asked: Master, no matter what I do, I can't reach my target, I'm tired, what should I do? The master replied: Set where you are currently standing as your new target and you have now reached your target! Everything ends in the mind!” Mehmet Murat Ildan QuotesTargetZen StoriesTarget QuotesTargetsTarget QuotationsMaster And StudentReaching Target Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“The student asked: Master, when will the aliens contact us? The master replied: How do you know that they have not contacted us? Maybe I'm an alien too! How do you know I'm not an alien?” Mehmet Murat Ildan QuotesAliensZen StoriesZen StoryE T Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“The student asked: Master, can you teach me to be as calm as a statue? The master replied: I cannot teach, because only from a statue can you learn to be as calm as a statue!” Mehmet Murat Ildan QuotesZen StoriesZen Story Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“The disciple asked: Master, you know everything, can you give me eternal life? The master replied: Is it enough if I give you eternal life? I must also give eternal life to the Earth! So is that enough? I need to give eternal life to the universe too!” Mehmet Murat Ildan QuotesEternal LifeZen StoriesZen Story Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“The student asked: Master, you always talk to me about real power, but you don't tell me what it is! What is real power? The master replied: The real power is not getting to the top that you so desperately want to get to, but having the strength to let go of that top without blinking an eye!” Mehmet Murat Ildan QuotesStudent QuotesReal PowerZen StoriesZen StoryMaster QuotesMaster Quotations Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“The student asked: Master, I have read many books written by enlightened people, but I am still not enlightened! Why so? The master replied: I think those you read were not the books of enlightened people, but of people who thought they were enlightened!” Mehmet Murat Ildan QuotesEnlightenmentEnlightenedEnlightenment QuotesZen StoriesZen Story Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“The disciple asked: Master, you are quite old now, will you buy a tombstone for yourself? The master replied: If I buy it, it shows that I believe I will die! However, in this temple, we learned and taught that everything is possible in the universe! If everything is possible, then it is also possible not to die!” Mehmet Murat Ildan QuotesImmortalityImmortalZen StoriesZen StoryImmortality Quotes Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Disciple: Master, I tried so hard to be wise but I couldn't, now I'm leaving the temple! Master: Here the seeds of awareness have been planted in your mind; wherever you go they will grow in your mind, as they grow you will shrink and disappear, that wise man you always wanted to be will take your place!” Mehmet Murat Ildan QuotesEnlightenmentEnlightenment QuotesZen StoriesZen Story Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“The disciple asked: Master, I am looking for the secret of immortality, do you have it? The master replied: I have not, for now no one has, but if you find it, I will gladly be your disciple!” Mehmet Murat Ildan QuotesImmortalityZen StoriesZen StoryImmortality QuotesImmortality Quotations Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Student: Master, my friends are doing sports, but I came to the temple, I want to learn new things from you and strengthen my mind! Master: They're strengthening their bodies, it's a good way to strengthen the mind, so go join them now!” Mehmet Murat Ildan QuotesMind QuotesStrengtheningMind QuotationsZen StoriesZen StoryMind Quote Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“The disciple asked: Master, after many years I have become a wise man, so when will I sit in your seat? The master replied: I am not sitting on the seat, the seat is sitting under me! Whenever the seat goes from under me, you can sit on it!” Mehmet Murat Ildan QuotesDiscipleZen StoriesZen StoryDiscipleship Quotes Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Disciple: Master, I'm tired now, I've given up enlightenment, I've failed, I'm leaving the temple and going my own way, I'm going on my own long journey, please don't be mad at me! Master: This is how enlightenment begins! When you start to go your own way by leaving the path given to you and to progress and develop under the guidance of your own mind, enlightenment has also started, I am not angry with you, quite the opposite!” Mehmet Murat Ildan QuotesEnlightenmentEnlightenedEnlightenment QuotesEnlightenment PrinciplesZen StoriesZen Story Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Student asked: Master, you know me very well, what is the biggest obstacle in my way? The master replied: The biggest obstacle in your way and everyone else's is the person himself!” Mehmet Murat Ildan QuotesZen StoriesZen StoryZen QuotesZen QuotationsZen Quotes For Young Adults Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Student: What should I do when I see a bright light, master? Master: Don't block the light, walk the path it illuminates!” LightMehmet Murat Ildan QuotesZenZen StoriesZen StoryMaster Quotes Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan