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Post Summary:
Daian (1347-1403)
The Natural Real Buddha (A verse to a Buddhist layman:)
The true self in every person is the natural real buddha. Through every hour of the day and night it is always emitting light.
If you can manage to see it personally as you lift your eyebrows,
Why bother making special trips all over to pay your respects
to Zen masters?
Zen Teaching: Zen Under the Gun, Cleary trans.
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