"You cannot find any peace by escaping from human pain and suffering; you have to find peace and harmony right in the midst of human pain. That is the purpose of spiritual life"

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Source : Dainin Katagiri (2008). “Each Moment Is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time”, p.60, Shambhala Publications

Dainin Katagiri

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“Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.”
“It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results that are put forward until they are confirmed by theory.”
“Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is the only way of discovering what they contain. A few savage tribes eat them, but reading is the only method of assimilation revealed to the West.”
“The thing is, I have a zillion apps, and I'm always looking for the perfect arrangement for them, so scrambling my home screen is part of that eternal quest.”

Source : "iPhone Home: Susan Orlean". www.newyorker.com. January 31, 2012.
“How strange that some people cannot believe in both the Book of Nature and the Book of God.”
“From top to bottom of the ladder, greed is aroused without knowing where to find ultimate foothold. Nothing can calm it, since its goal is far beyond all it can attain. Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore abandoned.”
“Playing with guns you revert to a little boy sometimes. But they're not great things to play with, so it's just making them look real. When it comes to shooting guns or using any prop, you've got to make it look like you know what you're doing with them. It's called acting.”
“People think that I'm very serious.”

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