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  • Dogen

    ‘When you realize buddha dharma, you do not think, “This is realization just as I expected.”…

  •  Niutou

    ‘One’s nature apart from thoughts is unmoving, and it is without misconceptions concerning birth and death.…

  • Paula Arai

    ‘In a Japanese Buddhist context, mortuary rituals help one learn about death, making the prospect of…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘So everything is– our practice is the same thing. You know, you– when you get up,…

  • Nancy Mujo Baker

    ‘We could think of sitting meditation as practice in non-stealing. It is the practice of nothing…

  • Zhang Zhuo

    Radiant light serenely illuminates the sands of the Ganges. The ordinary and sages, beings with spirits,…

  • T’ai-neng

    ‘Delusion is the root of enlightenment. If someone uses this for their practice, it can become…

  • Ben Connelly

    ‘Remember that turning your wholehearted attention to this text, or to whatever you happen to be…

  • Dale S. Wright

    ‘Seeing all things wisely, as “empty” of their “own-being,” the bodhisativa begins to live differently in…

  • Doushuai

    ‘Zen master Doushuai Congyue entered the hall and addressed the monks, saying, “When a person’s eyes…