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And what sacrifice could be greater than one’s own self, greater even that one’s own body or life, both of which have spatial or temporal limits.
Red Pine • The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom
“From emptiness comes wisdom
Red Pine • The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom
Basho wrote his haiku in the simplest type of Japanese speech, naturally avoiding literary and “highbrow” language, so creating a style which made it possible for ordinary people to be poets. Bankei, his contemporary, did just the same thing for Zen,
Alan W. Watts • The Way of Zen
He wondered what really happened / who spoke just now and who listened / who saw and what was seen / and where did those cities and buddhas go: