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Ryokan, a Zen master, lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening a thief visited the hut only to discover there was nothing to steal. Ryokan returned and caught him. "You have come a long way... continue...

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SEEKING...
In anger, one looks for calmness;
In desire, one looks for purity;
In blindness, one looks for clarity;
In confusion, one looks for Buddhahood;
In hallucination, one looks for Zen.
In delusion, one seeks enlightenment;
In illusion, one seeks ultimate truth.

If one could drop them all at once,
He would immediately be in peace

ChonTri

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