Top 7 Yamaoka Tesshu Quotes
#1. The world is wide, full of happenings. Keep this in mind and never believe 'I'm the onlyone who knows.'
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#2. Do not think that this is all there is. More and more wonderful teachings exist ...
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#3. If you want to obtain the secrets of such wonderful techniques, drill yourself, harden yourself, undergo severe training, abandoned body and mind; follow this course for years and you will naturally reach the profoundest levels. To know if water is hot or cold you must taste it yourself.
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#4. Zen is like soap. First you wash with it, and then you wash off the soap.
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#5. The moon does not think to be reflected, nor does the water think to reflect, in the Hirosawa Pond.
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#6. As a samurai, I must strengthen my character; as a human being I must perfect my spirit
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#7. Thirst for victory leads to defeat; not tiring of defeat leads to victory.
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