禅Taizan Maezumi

proverb

Be Yourself

Modern

Traditionally attributed

Text

Be yourself, completely yourself. The Buddha had no other plan for you. The trying-to-be-someone-else is the only thing he ever asked us to give up.

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Attribution

Lineage: Sōtō

By Taizan Maezumi

Sources

  • contentThe Eight Gates of Zen: A Program of Zen Training

    John Daido Loori

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