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‘Mountains walk forward. Mountain walking is just like human walking. Forward walking does not interfere with backward walking. You should closely examine these words’ . — Paraphrase Dogen Mountains and Waters Sutra

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—Mountains and Waters Sutra of Eihei Dogen

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Ryokan— Japanese calligrapher. Unfortunately, without the calligraphic hand written version to compare, its mastery is greatly reduced. Still, a favorite of mine.

Ryokan lived at the very end of the Buddhist lineage, or so we thought, until Suzuki Roshi brought the lineage to America, where a whole host of new masters emerged.

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“The ancient Masters were profound and subtle.

Their wisdom was unfathomable.

There is no way to describe it;

all we can describe is their appearance.

They were careful

as someone crossing an iced-over stream.

Alert as a warrior in enemy territory.

Courteous as a guest.

Fluid as melting ice.

Shapeable as a block of wood.

Receptive as a valley.

Clear as a glass of water.

—Tao Te Ching

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“When you are content to simply be yourself

and don’t compare or compete

everybody will respect you”

— Tao Te Ching

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“Let one mold himself in accordance with the precepts he teaches…”.

Section 12: verse 3

Dhammapada (oldest surviving sayings attributed directly to the Shakyamuni Buddha).

(This version translated from the Pali Cannon by Ananda Maitreya).

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Walking around my neighborhood, I heard a dog, behind its' homeowners front door, barking. Shifting my focus back to the sidewalk, I continued walking. Then, suddenly, came the reply: the dog in the house immediately next door began to bark back.

This is the poem that came out of it. 'The Talking Dogs'

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"The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name." --Tao Te Ching

Compare with 10th century Jewish Philosopher Maimonides in his ' The Guide for the Perplexed ' :

" G-d's existence is absolute...

Consequently it is a false assumption to hold that He has any positive attribute; for He does not possess existence in addition to His essence ;

it therefore cannot be said that The One may be described as an attribute.".

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—Tupac

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Suhrawardi founder of the Iranian philosophy of illumination

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‘An Interesting Book’ — Selections from the travel journal of a mysterious monk as they embark on a spiritual pilgrimage through the jungles and countryside of South-East Asia.

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Mysterious Hand Written Scroll

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Hand pressed and inked, possibly Signed. A mysterious artifact of an unknown poet.

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“When haughty our remedy is to concentrate on our relationships with others. Foolish people consider themselves important and suffer in this world, respecting only themselves. The Buddhas however, deem others important… as is said:

Fools think only of their own interest,

While the sage in concerned with the benefit of others.

What a world of difference between them! “

— Jewel Ornament of Liberation

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"When envy is rampant in us, our remedy lies in paying concentrated attention to the goodness and sameness of ourselves and others. For we and they equally want happiness and dislike misery".

-- Jewel Ornament of Liberation

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"First strive for and attend to

The similarity between yourself and others.

Since you and they feel the same way about happiness

Treat others like yourself".

--The Jewel Ornament of Liberation & the Way of the Bodhisattva

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— a recorded talk by The Tzemach Tzedek

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