✨ Seek within your own heart ✨

🪷 Poetic wisdom from Ryokan Taigu (1758–1831) 🪷

💛 What are you chasing “out there” that is quietly present here? 💛

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🪷 Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Ryokan Taigu (1758–1831) 🪷

✨ Why do you so earnestly seek / the truth in distant places? / Look for delusion and truth in the / bottom of your own heart. — Ryokan Taigu (1758–1831) ✨

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BDG News: Berkeley Zen Center to Install First Female Abbot in Historic Leadership Transition

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✨ This moment only ✨

🪷 Zen wisdom from Shunryu Suzuki (1904–1971) 🪷

💛 What happens if you remain in this moment? 💛

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