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Meditation in action is endlessly more important than meditation in stillness.


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All beings are by nature are Buddhas, as ice by nature is water. Apart from water there is no ice; apart from beings, no Buddhas.



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Meditation in the midst of activity is a thousand times superior to meditation in stillness.



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If you forget yourself, you become the universe.



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At the bottom of great doubt lies great awakening. If you doubt fully, you will awaken fully.



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Not knowing how near the truth is, we seek it far away.



You know the sound of two hands clapping; tell me, what is the sound of one hand?

You know the sound of two hands clapping; tell me, what is the sound of one hand?



If only you could hear the sound of snow

If only you could hear the sound of snow



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At this moment, is there anything lacking? Nirvana is right here now before our eyes. This place is the lotus land. This body now is the Buddha.



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Should you desire the great tranquility prepare to sweat white beads.



I encourage all you superior seekers in the secret depths to devote yourselves to penetrating and clarifying the self, as earnestly as you would put out a fire on the top of your head.

I encourage all you superior seekers in the secret depths to devote yourselves to penetrating and clarifying the self, as earnestly as you would put out a fire on the top of your head.





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You can bear your own faults and why not a fault in your wife?



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I know no joy as great as a moment of rushing into a new love, no ecstasy like that of a new love.



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Life's experiences are intended to make you eventually face yourself. Face reality!



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