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“When there is no gaining idea in what you do, then you do something. In zazen what you are doing is not for the sake of anything. You may feel as if you are doing something special but actually it is only the expression of your true nature. It is the activity which appeases your inmost desire. But as long as you think you are practicing zazen for the sake of something, that is not true practice”
Suzuki Roshi
Zen Mind, Beginners Mind
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