Quod Thee: Eihei Dogen, the 13th founder of the Soto Zen lineage in Japan, wrote:
To study Buddhism is to study the self.
To study the self is to forget the self.
To forget the self is to be awakened by the myriad of things.
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- Go into arts. I´m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for haven´s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.
- Kurt Vonnegut
