John Daido Loori Quotes
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Words and ideas are a description of reality, silence is a negation of reality. What is the reality itself?
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Creativity is our birthright. It is an integral part of being human, as basic as walking, talking and thinking.
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The future doesn't exist. It hasn't happened yet. The past doesn't exist. It has already happened.
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To know objects only through dissecting and cataloguing them is to miss their full reality. It is to fall asleep amidst the mystery and to…
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There is no place to search for the truth. Though it's right beneath your feet, it can't be found.
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In transmitting the dharma, there is neither explanation nor teaching; there is neighter hearing nor attainment. Since explanations never really explains, nor are they able…
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But down the bagagge, take of the blinders, and see for yourself that this very place is the valley of the endless spring, this very…
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The creative process, like a spiritual journey, is intuitive, non-linear, and experiential. It points us toward our essential nature, which is a reflection of the…
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To be simple means to make a choice about what's important, and let go of all the rest. When we are able to do this,…
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If you know the music the moment the violin string begins to vibrate, then you know how to navigate through the forest of brambles and…
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Wordless is not the same of expressionless. All phenomenon of the universe, audible and inaudible, tangible and intangible, sentient and insentient, are the clear and…
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