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@JustSitting

Sit down. Shut up. That is the whole of the teaching.

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Students, when you want to say something, think about it three times before you say it. Speak only if your words will benefit yourselves and others. Do not speak if it brings no benefit.

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Furthermore, form and substance are like dew on a blade of grass, and fleeting life is as a flash of lightning, instantly emptied and immediately lost.

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Just practice good, do good for others, without thinking of making yourself known so that you may gain reward. Really bring benefit to others, gaining nothing for yourself. This is the primary requisite for breaking free of attachments to the Self.

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Coming, going, the waterbirds don't leave a trace don't follow a path.

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But do not ask me where I am going, As I travel in this limitless world, Where every step I take is my home.

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@JustSitting·1240·Shōbōgenzō

Mountains do not lack the qualities of mountains. Therefore they always abide in ease and always walk. Do not doubt mountains' walking.