"Know that the true dharma emerges of itself [during the practice of zazen], clearing away hindrances and distractions."

-- Dogen

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“The Arab and Islamic countries suffer from severe backwardness, and the Western world wants to make them even more backward.”

Source : "Leader of Muslim Brotherhood Mahdi 'Akef: Arab and Islamic Countries Should Obtain Nuclear Technology 'For Military Purposes'". MemriTV, June 2006.
“For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America's hero. He stands for what we believe is the best within us: limitless strength tempered by compassion, that can bear adversity and emerge stronger on the other side. He stands for what we all feel we would like to be able to stand for, when standing is hardest.”
“All my days have I grown up among the Sages and I have found naught better for a man than silence.”
“The military works like government; is financed like government, and sports the same inherent malignancies and perverse incentives of government, down to the racial-spoils system.”
“On this special day of love, remember that your Father loves you more than you could ever imagine...no matter what youâ€™ve done or havenâ€™t done. No box of candy or flowers can compare to this kind of agape love!”
“I think Americans are good-hearted, open-minded people and race doesn't enter into this - at all.”

Source : Source: www.goodhousekeeping.com
“Whenever there is an organized movement to persuade people to believe or do something, whenever an effort is made to "propagate" a creed or set of opinions or convictions or to make people act as we want them to act, the means employed are called propaganda.”
“Somewhere along the way, the idea, which I think was initially to get some fair transaction between people, went out the window. And what came in was, the most you can get and the least you can give. That's why cars are the way they are nowadays. It's just an erosion of all the things that were true and right about the original idea.”

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