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Dogen Quotes: If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.
         

If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.


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