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Takuan Soho quotes: The Buddha and all sentient beings are not two.

The Buddha and all sentient beings are not two.

Takuan Soho quotes: Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won't see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you'll miss the entire forest.

Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won't see the tree.
Preoccupied with a single tree, you'll miss the entire forest.

Takuan Soho quotes: Zen is to have the heart and soul of a little child.

Zen is to have the heart and soul of a little child.

Takuan Soho quotes: One may explain water, but the mouth will not become wet. One may expound fully on the nature of fire, but the mouth will not become hot.

One may explain water, but the mouth will not become wet. One may expound fully on the nature of fire, but the mouth will not become hot.

Takuan Soho quotes: One is not likely to achieve understanding from the explanation of another.

One is not likely to achieve understanding from the explanation of another.

Takuan Soho quotes: It is the very mind itself that leads the mind astray - of the mind, do not be mindless

It is the very mind itself that leads the mind astray - of the mind, do not be mindless

Takuan Soho quotes: If you follow the present-day world, you will turn your back on the Way; if you would not turn your back on the Way, do not follow the world.

If you follow the present-day world, you will turn your back on the Way; if you would not turn your back on the Way, do not follow the world.

Takuan Soho quotes: Completely forget about the mind and you will do all things well

Completely forget about the mind and you will do all things well

Takuan Soho quotes: When you look at a tree, se it for its leafs, its branches, its trunk and the roots, then and only then will you see the tree

When you look at a tree, se it for its leafs, its branches, its trunk and the roots, then and only then will you see the tree

Takuan Soho quotes: Sever the edge between before and after.

Sever the edge between before and after.