From Dogen: “As long as there is a hope or expectation of some result to be derived from zazen, then zazen is tainted.”
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Quote of the day 04/28/24
From Dogen: “If there were fish that would swim or birds that would fly only after investigating the entire ocean or sky, they would find neither path nor place.”
Quote of the day 04/27/24
From Dogen: “Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass, your life is as brief as a flash of lightning. Momentary and vain, it is lost in a moment.”
Quote of the day 04/26/24
From Dogen: “If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.”
Quote of the day 04/25/24
From Dogen: “If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?”
Quote of the day 04/24/24
From William Faulkner: “It’s all now you see: tomorrow began yesterday and yesterday won’t be over until tomorrow.”
Quote of the day 04/23/24
From William Faulkner: “Dreams have only one owner at a time. That’s why dreamers are lonely.”
Quote of the day 04/22/24
From William Faulkner: “Most men are a little better than their circumstances give them a chance to be.”
Quote of the day 04/21/24
From William Faulkner: “The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.”
Quote of the day 04/20/24
From William Faulkner: “Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.”
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