A buddha is just someone
with no concerns.
Tao gives
life to all beings.
Nature nourishes them.
Fellow creatures shape them.
Circumstances complete them.
Everything in existence respects tao and
honors nature — not by decree,
but spontaneously.
Tao gives life to all beings.
Nature watches over them, develops them,
shelters them, nurses them, grows them, ripens
them, completes them, buries them,
and returns them.
Giving birth,
nourishing life, shaping things
without possessing them, serving without
expectation of reward, leading without dominating:
These are the profound virtues of nature,
and of nature’s best beings.
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Plant yourself
firmly in the Tao and
you won’t ever be uprooted.
Embrace Tao firmly and you won’t
ever be separated from it. Your
children will thrive, and
your children’s
children.
Cultivate
goodness in your self,
and goodness will be genuine.
Cultivate it in your family, and goodness
will flourish. Cultivate it in your community,
and goodness will grow and multiply.
Cultivate it in your country, and
goodness will be abundant.
Cultivate it in the world,
and goodness will be
everywhere.
How do I know
the world works like this?
By watching.
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Concentration is not
to try hard to watch something.
In zazen, if you try to look at one spot,
you will be tired in about five minutes. This is
not concentration. Concentration means freedom.
So, your effort should be directed at nothing. You should
be concentrated on nothing. In zazen practice we say that
your mind should be concentrated on your breathing,
but the way to keep your mind concentrated
on your breathing is to forget all about
yourself and just to sit and feel
your breathing.
…If you
continue this practice,
eventually you will experience the
true existence which comes
from emptiness.
Do not pursue
the outer conditions
nor dwell in the inner void.
Rest yourself in oneness with
things and all barriers
will disappear.