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Bill Porter, born in May 1932 and passed away on December 3, 2013, was an outstanding salesman. Known for his innovation and perseverance in the sales field, Porter revolutionized the direct sales model and achieved great success in the Japanese market.

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“Every place is a place to practice. Every time is a time to practice. Zen is concerned with the thought we have this moment rather than with rituals or rules of behavior”

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Book:Zen Baggage: A Pilgrimage to China

Source: Zen Baggage: A Pilgrimage to China

“When you're blind to your own nature, the Buddha is an ordinary being. When you're aware of your own nature, an ordinary being is the Buddha.”

Nature Ordinary Blind

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“In the face of impermanence, if your next thought is good, this is what we call the realization body.”

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“Reading texts is no substitute for meditation and practicing Zen. If you read a book about a place, and you want to go there, you don't keep reading the book. You have to travel. That's what practice is about. Traveling. Walking the path.”

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Author:Bill Porter

“When you are free of form and not confused, you are focused. To be free of form externally is 'Zen.' Not to be confused internally is 'meditation.' External Zen and internal meditation, this is what we mean by 'Zen meditation.”

Mean Form Meditation Focused Confused Internals

Author:Bill Porter

“The world has no hold on you. Whatever has a hold on you comes from your mind.”

Book:Zen Baggage: A Pilgrimage to China

Source: Zen Baggage: A Pilgrimage to China

“This building we're in has doors and windows. If we close the doors and windows, we can't get out. People lock themselves inside a house of delusions. But they're only delusions. They can leave anytime. Actually there is no house to leave. There's not even any leaving. What we see are flowers in the sky, the moon in the water. As for the meditative powers of Zen masters like Hsu-yun, sometimes it's useful to meditate and sometimes it isn't.”

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Book:Zen Baggage: A Pilgrimage to China

Source: Zen Baggage: A Pilgrimage to China

“There is so much baggage we burden ourselves with over the years that keeps us from seeing things the way they are. Some baggage we carry with us for a single thought, some for years, and some for lifetimes. But there isn't one piece that isn't our own creation.”

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Book:Zen Baggage: A Pilgrimage to China

Source: Zen Baggage: A Pilgrimage to China

About the Author

Born: May 19, 1932
Died: December 3, 2013
Known for: Salesman
Quotes: 8

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