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Kodo Sawaki
‘Zazen becomes our daily life. It’s certainly not a matter of remaining frozen indefinitely in zazen.…
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Cijiao
Before the birth of mother and father,One solid circle;Even Shakyamuni didn’t understand it –How could Kasyapa…
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Suzuki Roshi
‘People may think Zen is a wonderful teaching, you know. “If you study Zen, you will…
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Longshan
Longshan met Dongshan and Shenshan when they were traveling together. Seeing a vegetable leaf floating down…
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Zenkei Blanche Hartman
‘I understand the precepts not as rules to follow, but more as, “Be very careful in…
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Shohaku Okumura
‘I think Buddhist and Zen teachings too often put emphasis on no-self and universal-self and forget…
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Jan Willis
‘Nirvana is not a place! Rather, it is simply a view! Remember what the Indian Buddhist…
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Alison Gopnik
‘I think that there’s a paradox about, for example, going out and saying, I am going…
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Jane Hirshfield
1025 molecules are enough to call wood thrush or apple. A hummingbird, fewer. A wristwatch: 1024.…
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Chan Master Sheng Yen
‘There are four components of compassion. The first is that we understand our own conflicts and…
