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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

Dogen

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Dogen. "Genjo Koan [Actualizing the Fundamental Point]." Shobogenzo, c. 1253.

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Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Alan Watts

The Way of Zen

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Watts, Alan. The Way of Zen. Vintage Books, 1957.

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The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.

Alan Watts

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Watts, Alan. Play to Live: Selected Seminars. And Books, 1982.

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Whether we like it or not, change comes, and the greater the resistance, the greater the pain.

Alan Watts

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Watts, Alan. Become What You Are. Shambhala, 1995.

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Zen is a liberation from time. For if we open our eyes and see clearly, it becomes obvious that there is no other time than this instant, and that the past and the future are abstractions without any concrete reality.