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It is the very mind itself that leads the mind astray - of the mind, do not be mindless
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One is not likely to achieve understanding from the explanation of another.
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When this No-Mind has been well developed, the mind does not stop with one thing nor does it lack any one thing. It appears appropriately when facing a time of need.
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When one practices discipline and moves from the beginner's territory to immovable wisdom, one makes a return and falls back to the level of the beginner.
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Takuan Sōhō
Born:
1573
Died:
1645
(aged 72)
Bio:
Takuan Sōhō was a major figure in the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism.
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