“Let go or be dragged.”
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“I've burnt all the holy pages I used to carry
but poems flare in my heart”
― Crow With No Mouth: Ikkyu, Fifteenth Century Zen Master
but poems flare in my heart”
― Crow With No Mouth: Ikkyu, Fifteenth Century Zen Master
“Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn,
a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter.
If your mind isn't crowded with ten thousand things,
this is the best season of your life.”
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a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter.
If your mind isn't crowded with ten thousand things,
this is the best season of your life.”
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“Nothing can be gained by extensive study and wide reading. Give them up immediately.”
― A Primer of Soto Zen: A Translation of Dogen's Shobogenzo Zuimonki
― A Primer of Soto Zen: A Translation of Dogen's Shobogenzo Zuimonki
“Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle. Let us dream of evanescence and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.”
― The Book of Tea
― The Book of Tea
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