Retreating from the world
will not liberate you.
Happiness is not found in
a secluded forest hut or isolated cave.
Enlightenment comes when you
connect to the world.
Only when you truly connect with everyone
and everything else do you become Enlightened.
Only by going deeply and fully into the world
do you attain liberation.

Essential Chan Buddhism: The Character and Spirit of Chinese Zen (ed. Monkfish Book Publishing, 2013) - ISBN: 9781939681034