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“Behavior influences consciousness. Right behavior means right consciousness. Our attitude here and now influences the entire environment: our words, actions, ways of holding and moving ourselves, they all influence what happens around us and inside us. The actions of every instant, every day, must be right...Every gesture is important. How we eat, how we put on our clothes, how we wash ourselves, how we go to the toilet, how we put our things away, how we act with other people, family, wife, work - how we are: totally, in every single gesture.”

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Taisen Deshimaru
Taisen Deshimaru

Taisen Deshimaru was a significant Japanese Zen master, born on November 29, 1914, and passed away in 1982. His life and contributions had a profound impact in the Zen community. more

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