![]() “The best way to forget the past is not to to try to forget it, but to see it in a new light, to see it as a stepping stone to a better future.”ĭaigu Ryokan was a Japanese Zen master, poet, and calligrapher who lived in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.“The essence of Zen is not to be found in the study of scriptures or in the chanting of sutras, but in the direct experience of one’s own true nature.”.“We are all one, the same substance, the same energy, the same life force, expressing itself in different ways.”.“The mountains and the rivers, the whole earth, all sentient beings, together with ourselves, everything in the universe, are all in a state of complete harmony and perfect unity.”.“In the practice of Zen, there is no goal.The fish is always swimming in the water, but you can’t see it until you look.” “To seek enlightenment is like seeking a fish in the water.Apart from water there is no ice apart from beings, no Buddha.” “All beings by nature are Buddha, as ice by nature is water.Be fully aware of every moment and every action.” “To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else.”. ![]() “Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.”. ![]()
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