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> [Whatever way you put it, I am here only because my world is here. When I took my first breath, my world was born with me. When I die, my world dies with me. In other words, I wasn't born…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kosho-uchiyama/whatever-way-you-put-it-i-am-here-only-because-my-world-is-here-when/)

[Kosho Uchiyama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kosho-uchiyama/)

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## More by Kosho Uchiyama

> [The power of life that is buried deep inside you will never rise up until you have become convinced that you're walking the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kosho-uchiyama/the-power-of-life-that-is-buried-deep-inside-you-will-never-rise-up/)

[Kosho Uchiyama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kosho-uchiyama/)

> [Everything you encounter is your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kosho-uchiyama/everything-you-encounter-is-your-life/)

[Kosho Uchiyama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kosho-uchiyama/)

> [When we let go of all our notions about things, everything becomes really true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kosho-uchiyama/when-we-let-go-of-all-our-notions-about-things-everything-becomes/)

[Kosho Uchiyama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kosho-uchiyama/)

> [“As an old man I have my own practice. It is different from that of youth. It is not working facing outward, but just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kosho-uchiyama/as-an-old-man-i-have-my-own-practice-it-is-different-from-that-of/)

[Kosho Uchiyama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kosho-uchiyama/)

> [The first undeniable reality is that every living thing dies, and the second undeniable reality is that we suffer throughout our lives because we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kosho-uchiyama/the-first-undeniable-reality-is-that-every-living-thing-dies-and-the/)

[Kosho Uchiyama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kosho-uchiyama/)

> [Our life is whatever we are encountering right now, and our practice is shikantaza, which is literally 'just sitting.' More broadly it means to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kosho-uchiyama/our-life-is-whatever-we-are-encountering-right-now-and-our-practice/)

[Kosho Uchiyama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kosho-uchiyama/)

> [Whatever way you put it, I am here only because my world is here. When I took my first breath, my world was born…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kosho-uchiyama/whatever-way-you-put-it-i-am-here-only-because-my-world-is-here-when/)

[Kosho Uchiyama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kosho-uchiyama/)

> [Your true self is beyond either relying on others or avoiding them in order to know who you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kosho-uchiyama/your-true-self-is-beyond-either-relying-on-others-or-avoiding-them-in/)

[Kosho Uchiyama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kosho-uchiyama/)

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