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“Clarifying the Way" means that we determine the point we should aim at throughout our lives, based on the self that is only the self and life that is only life. This is the sole great matter, and this is what "completing the sole great matter of one's life" means. True practice begins at this point.”
― The Wholehearted Way: A Translation of Eihei Dogen's Bendowa, With Commentary by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi
― The Wholehearted Way: A Translation of Eihei Dogen's Bendowa, With Commentary by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi
“Your job is to be free, not to carry around the so-called attainments or failures of the past.”
― The Art of Disappearing: Buddha's Path to Lasting Joy
― The Art of Disappearing: Buddha's Path to Lasting Joy
“True communication depends upon our being straightforward with one another. Zen masters are very straightforward.”
― Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
― Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
“I have been very, very happy. Mamma always said that even if there wasn't any happiness one must try to be happy without it.”
― Love Among the Ruins
― Love Among the Ruins
“It is through virtuous conduct, through loving-kindness and compassion, and through understanding of truth that one becomes noble.”
― The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology
― The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology
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