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Buddhist : Zen / Chan
Taoist
7th Century

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English version by
Robert Aitken

Original Language
Chinese
[39] Right here it is eternally full and serene, (from The Shodoka)

 
 
 
 
 

 

Recommended Books

Buddhism and Zen, by Nyogen Senzaki / Ruth Strout McCandless

Right here it is eternally full and serene,
If you search elsewhere, you cannot see it.
You cannot grasp it, you cannot reject it;
In the midst of not gaining,
In that condition you gain it.

 

 

 

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