✨ Seek within your own heart ✨

🪷 Poetic wisdom from Ryokan Taigu (1758–1831) 🪷

💛 What are you chasing “out there” that is quietly present here? 💛

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🪷 Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Ryokan Taigu (1758–1831) 🪷

✨ Why do you so earnestly seek / the truth in distant places? / Look for delusion and truth in the / bottom of your own heart. — Ryokan Taigu (1758–1831) ✨

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BDG News: Berkeley Zen Center to Install First Female Abbot in Historic Leadership Transition

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✨ This moment only ✨

🪷 Zen wisdom from Shunryu Suzuki (1904–1971) 🪷

💛 What happens if you remain in this moment? 💛

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🪷 Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Shunryu Suzuki (1904–1971) 🪷

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✨ Nothing is outside the Dharma ✨

🪷 Poetic wisdom from Dogen Zenji (1200–1253) 🪷

💛 Where do you recognize Buddha-nature in this moment? 💛

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✨ Nothing is outside the Dharma ✨

🪷 Poetic wisdom from Dogen Zenji (1200–1253) 🪷

💛 Where do you recognize Buddha-nature in this moment? 💛

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🪷 Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Dogen Zenji (1200–1253) 🪷

✨ The color of the mountains is Buddha’s body; the sound of running water is his great speech. — Dogen Zenji (1200–1253) ✨

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✨ Zen is the direct experience of reality ✨

🪷 Direct wisdom from Taisen Deshimaru (1914–1982) 🪷

💛 What remains when beliefs and ideas fall away? 💛

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