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> [Sitting peacefully on a cushion day and night seeking to attain Buddhahood, rejecting life and death in hopes of realizing enlightenment, is all like a monkey grasping at the moon reflected in the water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shoitsu-omatsu/sitting-peacefully-on-a-cushion-day-and-night-seeking-to-attain/)

Shoitsu Omatsu

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## More by Shoitsu Omatsu

> [Sitting peacefully on a cushion day and night seeking to attain Buddhahood, rejecting life and death in hopes of realizing enlightenment, is all like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shoitsu-omatsu/sitting-peacefully-on-a-cushion-day-and-night-seeking-to-attain/)

Shoitsu Omatsu

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