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> [“The central feature of the practice of meditation and hard work known as Zen is that, as Matthiessen says, it “has no patience with mysticism, far less the occult.” Nor does it have any time with moralism, the prescriptions or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-matthiessen/the-central-feature-of-the-practice-of-meditation-and-hard-work-known/)

[Peter Matthiessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-matthiessen/)

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> [“The Scripture of Zen is written with facts simple and familiar, so simple and familiar with everyday life that they escape observation on that very account. The sun rises in the east. The moon sets in the west. High is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/the-scripture-of-zen-is-written-with-facts-simple-and-familiar-so/)

[Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/)

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