True practice brings us more and more into that plain
and undramatic space in which things are just
as they are—just functioning. And that functioning
cannot come from self-centeredness.
—Charlotte Joko Beck, Everyday Zen
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Dragon's Gate II
Koan: Master Ungo once was at Ryumon (Dragon’s gate) temple. One day a monk was bitten in his leg by a snake. Butsugen, one of the monks, as...
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Self-centeredness can be the function, as it is what it is...
You should send your blog to Annie Leibowitz. H.
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