"But down the bagagge, take of the blinders, and see for yourself that this very place is the valley of the endless spring, this very body is the body of the universe. At such a time, who is it who can accompany this?"

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Source : John Daido Loori (2009). “The True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's Three Hundred Koans”, p.8, Shambhala Publications

John Daido Loori

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“Contentment is just the realization that God has already provided for me today all that I need for my present peace and happiness.”

Source : "The Lord's Prayer" with Leslie Basham, www.reviveourhearts.com. August 29, 2016.
“The Japanese don't write in alphabetic writing; they write in pictographs. So they never became visual, they stayed in the oral world, which is, everything is part of reality. Which means that they can accept any new technology - it's not threatening to them, and they can still continue to maintain their traditional culture, even in the face of high technology.”

Source : Source: medium.com
“Tallulah [Bankhead] never beat about the bush - she'd gossip about you in front of your back!”
“Sport is a product of human culture. America seems to need football at this state of our social development. When you get ninety million people watching a single game on television, it ... shows you that people need something to identify with.”
“. . .by lifting our hands we symbolically receive everything God is doing in our lives.”
“In crucial things, unity. In important things, diversity. In ALL things, generosity.”

Source : Presidential Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1989
“Whether or not Saddam is implicated directly in the anthrax attacks or the horrors of September 11, he is, by any common definition, a terrorist who must be removed.”
“The Way of Mastery is to break all the rulesâ€”but you have to know them perfectly before you can do this; otherwise you are not in a position to transcend them.”

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