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    Break open a single particle
    And all the sutras grow clear:
    The great merit-wheel
    Of the dharma turns as a whole.
    The womb of a donkey gives
    Birth to the noble horse.
    Each time you look, you’ll see it new.

    - Dogen 1226
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    One stroke dissolves knowledge.
    Struggle no longer needed.
    I will follow the ancient path
    Not lapsing into quietude.
    Noble conduct beyond sound and form –
    No trace anywhere.
    Those who have mastered the way
    Call this the unsurpassable activity.

    - Xiangyan
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    This emptiness
    Is not empty emptiness
    This Path is not a path
    That can be considered a path
    Where peaceful extinction is totally extinct
    Perfect illumination is complete and final.

    - T’aego
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    After realizing the intent of Zen, people in ancient times used to spend decades polishing themselves thoroughly in order to free themselves from compulsions of conditioning and habit.
    This is called the work of maturation; the completion of maturation is called the attainment of unification.

    - Muso Kokushi (1275-1351)
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    Q: The moment we are going to begin practice, how should we contemplate?
    Tao-shin replies: We must identify with the natural rhythm of things.

    - Tao-shin (580-651)
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    I stuff the heater with wood,
    And put on all my clothes
    But only drinking a cup of wine
    Makes me really warm.
    People say the cold
    Is unbearable after frost,
    But they don’t realize
    That there’s springtime
    In the wine pot.

    - Yang Wan-li (1127-1206)
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    Woodcutters and fishermen
    Know just how to use things.
    What would they do with fancy chairs
    And meditation platforms?

    In straw sandals and with a bamboo staff,
    I roam three thousand worlds,
    Dwelling by the water,
    Feasting on the wind,
    Year after year.

    - Ikkyu (1394-1481)
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    It cannot be named,
    And it cannot be given form.
    From the beginning,
    It is pure and clean
    And has not been defiled.
    From the beginning,
    It is by itself complete and perfect,
    And there is no need to trouble
    About practice and enlightenment.

    - Hongzhi Zhengjue (1091-1157)
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    Every morning I sail out
    To pick lotus flowers.
    The river is long
    So I often return at dusk.
    I don't splash as I pole my boat,
    Afraid of wetting the flowers’ red blouses.

    - Wang Wei (699-759)
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    Darkness and light divide the tall sky,
    The rumble of thunder
    Passes over distant mountains.
    The evening is cool,
    And beyond the slackening rain,
    Through broken clouds,
    A moon immaculate.

    - Ishikawa Jozan (1583-1672)
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    Submit to love without thinking,
    as the sun rose this morning
    recklessly extinguishing
    our star-candle minds.

    ~ Rumi
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    When you are everywhere,
    you are nowhere.
    When you are somewhere,
    you are everywhere.

    Rumi
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    Heaven turns so slowly and gently,
    It tolerates my age.
    Without mercy,
    Days and months advance to cut off my time.
    I return to my cave in the mountain,
    But the trees are all gone.
    I look down on the river,
    And all I see are meandering curves.
    The sun is captured in a cage of delicate clouds.
    I listen to the wind.
    Suddenly I hear the Temple Bell!
    The sound comes washing over me,
    Waking me from the dusty labor of my thoughts.
    And distant heaven opens wider and wider to me.

    - Hsu Yun
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    desire for a thing
    is what causes the pain
    it is not her presence
    or absence
    words
    or silence
    activities
    or the dearth of
    it is only desire
    disguised as love
    that is what causes the pain
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    To My Reflection

    I sit alone by a pond,
    See a monk at the bottom.
    Silently, we smile at one another
    I know his voice will not respond.

    - Chin'gak Kuksa Hyesim (1178-1234)
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