Kodo Sawaki Quotes

#1. Satori has no beginning; practice has not end!

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#2. No matter how many years you sit doing zazen, you will never become anything special.

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#3. We stop the one who can't cease from seeking things outside, and practice with our bodies with a posture that seeks absolutely nothing. This is zazen.

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#4. Religion means living your own life, completely fresh and new, without being taken in by anyone.

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#5. You don't seek the way. The way seeks you.

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#6. Gain is delusion; loss is enlightenment.

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#7. Heaven and Earth give themselves. Air, water, plants, animals, and humans give themselves to each other. It is in this giving-themselves-to-each-other that we actually live. Whether you appreciate it or not, it is true.

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#8. Live the Self that fills the whole Universe.

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#9. Only a lion can recognize a lion's roar.

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#10. You can't even trade a single fart with the next guy. Each and every one of us has to live out his own life. Don't waste time thinking about who's most talented.

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