## Metadata - Author: [[Thich Nhat Hanh]] - Full Title: Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet - Category: #books ## Highlights - Many people think of Bodhidharma as the first teacher of Zen Buddhism in China, but it’s not true. Three centuries earlier, Tang Hoi was already teaching there. He is truly the first Zen master of Vietnam and China. ([Location 221](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08RZ4X3PR&location=221)) - In the Diamond Sutra the meditator is urged to throw away, to release, four notions in order to understand our own true nature and the true nature of reality: the notion of “self,” the notion of “human being,” the notion of “living beings,” and the notion of “life span.” ([Location 228](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08RZ4X3PR&location=228)) - My tradition belongs to the lineage of the ninth-century Zen master Linji. He said, “My aim is not to give you knowledge. My aim is to help you break free from your views.” Understanding should not be only empty knowledge, but deep insight. ([Location 238](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08RZ4X3PR&location=238)) - You don’t need a rainer for the rain to be possible. And you don’t need a thinker for the thinking to be possible. You don’t need a feeler for feeling to be possible. That is the teaching of non-self. ([Location 254](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08RZ4X3PR&location=254)) - It is very important to throw away the notion “I am” because it does not reflect the true nature of reality. ([Location 263](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08RZ4X3PR&location=263)) - A kernel of corn has its own way of knowing: you just plant it in the soil and within ten days it knows how to sprout and go on to become a towering maize plant with leaves, flowers, and cobs. The so-called inanimate things are not so inanimate; they are very alive. ([Location 321](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08RZ4X3PR&location=321))