Why abandon a seat in your own home to wander in vain through dusty regions of another land? If you make one false step, you miss what is right before your eyes.
Dogen
Why abandon a seat in your ...
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You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.
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There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
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Do not miss the opportunity of offering even a single drop into the ocean of merit or a grain atop the mountain of the roots of beneficial activity.
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