Zen - before thinking

Anything that can be written in a book, anything that can be said - all this is thinking. If you are thinking, then all Zen books, all Buddhist sutras, all Bibles are demons' words. But if you read with a mind that has cut off all thinking, then Zen books, sutras, and Bibles are all the truth. So is the barking of a dog or the crowing of a rooster: all things are teaching you at every moment, and these sounds are even better teaching than Zen books. So Zen is keeping the mind which is before thinking.

- ZEN MASTER SEUNG SAHN, IN DROPPING ASHES ON THE BUDDHA