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Renunciation does involve discrimination. Within the basic context of openness there is a discipline of what to ward off, or reject, and what to cultivate, or accept. The positive aspect of renunciation, what is cultivated, is... More »
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What do you think Of a freedom that never happens? What do you make Of a life that won't go away? In seeing things To be or not to be Fools fail to see A... More »
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In a single grain of sand Rests the whole universe, And in a single star twinkling The vicissitudes of a millenium. In the boundless universe, O this infinitesimal life of mine! But as a being... More »
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On the yard I swept clean, worrying If my steps would disturb The starlight showering. From the tree falls A single leaf Silently.
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'The glasses of diverse hue cause the Light to assume colour for us. When the many-coloured glasses are no longer, then the colourless Light amazes you. Make it your habit to behold the Light without... More »
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I appreciate the the ruggedness of the universe, Which is sometimes cruel, sharp thorns of cactus, And sometimes beautiful chrysanthemums of fantastic scent. A crow is black Because the lotus is white. Ants run fast... More »
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Opening the gate, I entered; It was indeed not a gate. ............... Closing the gate, I came out. It was, after all, not a gate. ............... Between what was so painfully hard, And what is... More »
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This early morning my chest feels tender and soft. A friend's kisses linger on my right cheek, another's tears on my left. There is a great stillness all around. Who can say that your path... More »
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So this past couple of days have felt very nourishing. During my walks, instead of visiting the wild places of nature i usually favour, i decided to get to reknow some of the parts of... More »
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so today the world is very vivid, very alive with endless possibilities. will i stay put, or go to Hosshin-ji in Japan, or Fuden-ji in Italy, or back to San Francisco Zen Centre? or something... More »
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