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> [No matter how many years you sit doing zazen, you will never become anything special.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kodo-sawaki/no-matter-how-many-years-you-sit-doing-zazen-you-will-never-become/)

[Kodo Sawaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kodo-sawaki/)

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## More by Kodo Sawaki

> [You don’t seek the way. The way seeks you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kodo-sawaki/you-don-t-seek-the-way-the-way-seeks-you/)

[Kodo Sawaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kodo-sawaki/)

> [To be born as a human being is a rare thing, something to be grateful for. But being born as a human being is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kodo-sawaki/to-be-born-as-a-human-being-is-a-rare-thing-something-to-be-grateful/)

[Kodo Sawaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kodo-sawaki/)

> [Satori has no beginning; practice has not end!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kodo-sawaki/satori-has-no-beginning-practice-has-not-end/)

[Kodo Sawaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kodo-sawaki/)

> [You can't even trade a single fart with the next guy. Each and every one of us has to live out his own life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kodo-sawaki/you-can-t-even-trade-a-single-fart-with-the-next-guy-each-and-every/)

[Kodo Sawaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kodo-sawaki/)

> [Religion means living your own life, completely fresh and new, without being taken in by anyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kodo-sawaki/religion-means-living-your-own-life-completely-fresh-and-new-without/)

[Kodo Sawaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kodo-sawaki/)

> [“We must all reflect on our motivations with eyes wide open. Somehow before we know it, we're playing to the gallery, anxious about our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kodo-sawaki/we-must-all-reflect-on-our-motivations-with-eyes-wide-open-somehow/)

[Kodo Sawaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kodo-sawaki/)

> [We stop the one who can't cease from seeking things outside, and practice with our bodies with a posture that seeks absolutely nothing. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kodo-sawaki/we-stop-the-one-who-can-t-cease-from-seeking-things-outside-and/)

[Kodo Sawaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kodo-sawaki/)

> [Only a lion can recognize a lion's roar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kodo-sawaki/only-a-lion-can-recognize-a-lion-s-roar/)

[Kodo Sawaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kodo-sawaki/)

> [Live the Self that fills the whole Universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kodo-sawaki/live-the-self-that-fills-the-whole-universe/)

[Kodo Sawaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kodo-sawaki/)

> [Gain is delusion; loss is enlightenment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kodo-sawaki/gain-is-delusion-loss-is-enlightenment/)

[Kodo Sawaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kodo-sawaki/)

> [Heaven and Earth give themselves. Air, water, plants, animals, and humans give themselves to each other. It is in this giving-themselves-to-each-other that we actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kodo-sawaki/heaven-and-earth-give-themselves-air-water-plants-animals-and-humans/)

[Kodo Sawaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kodo-sawaki/)

> [No matter how many years you sit doing zazen, you will never become anything special.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kodo-sawaki/no-matter-how-many-years-you-sit-doing-zazen-you-will-never-become/)

[Kodo Sawaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kodo-sawaki/)

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