"EVEN WITH THE BEST OF INTENTIONS IT IS DIFFICULT TO MASTER THE WAY UNDER UNFAVORABLE CONDITIONS; LIVING IN A QUIET PLACE IN THE BOSOM OF NATURE IS THE MOST CONDUCIVE FOR PRACTICE. IT IS BETTER TO RELY, AT FIRST, ON THE PLACE RATHER THAN THE MIND."
---from John Stevens' book THE MARATHON MONKS OF MT HIEI, P40
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"IF ONE ABANDONS ALL VAIN DISPUTATION ONE WILL ARRIVE AT THE POSITION THAT DHARMAS ORIGINALLY NEITHER ARISE NOR PERISH."
---from Waka Shirato's article in the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, 1987, p122
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