Dogen zenji


It is only due to a lack of heart for the Way and a lack of skill in handling their daily conduct that people become vainly tied to fame and gain.

"Shobogenzo: The Treasure House of the Eye of the True Teaching" (2007) by Rev. Hubert Nearman, O.B.C. Chapter 29, p. 421


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