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Quotes from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Buddhist Wisdom — Taisen Deshimaru

1914–1982 Japan

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Zen is not a particular state but the normal state: silent, peaceful, unagitated. In Zazen neither intention, analysis, specific effort nor imagination take place. It's enough just to be without hypocrisy, dogmatism, arrogance — embracing all opposites.

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Buddhist Wisdom (2000)

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