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Visiting The Valley
There are many reasons to go to Tassajara, but looking for sunsets usually isn’t one of…
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Dogen
‘When [a wheel-turning king] finds a strand of white hair on his head, he gives the…
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Katagiri Roshi
‘Living in vow is not the big expectation, big things you can do. You cannot do…
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Peter Owen-Jones
‘Australian Aboriginal people describe a certain point in any journey as being “three days deep”. By…
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Gesshu Soko
Searching for fame and gainkeeps everyone restlessly busybut in the sun’s warmthand a peaceful breezeeverything is…
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Dongshan
‘Dongshan said to the assembly, “It’s the beginning of autumn, the end of the summer, and…
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Keizan
‘Do not eat anything alive, hard, or spoiled. Such impure foods will make your belly churn…
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Graeme Petchey
‘About this same time, Kodo Sawaki, Roshi, the master of Antaiji Temple, died. He left instructlons…
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Dogen
‘Worldly people carry on deliberations about thinking and not thinking, having enlightenment or not having enlightenment,…
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Suzuki Roshi
‘People may think Zen is a wonderful teaching, you know. “If you study Zen, you will…
