“If you speak delusions, everything becomes a delusion; If you speak the truth, everything becomes the truth. Outside the truth there is no delusion, But outside delusion there is no special truth. Followers of Buddha's Way! Why do you so earnestly seek the truth in distant places? Look for delusions and truth in the bottom of your own hearts.”
Quote by Ryokan / translated and introduced by John Stevens
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One Robe, One Bowl: The Zen Poetry of Ryōkan
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