Group Sickness

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What is the world? It is group sickness. Everyone is crazy, so nobody notices the craziness. When everyone is deluded together, the delusion seems normal. Zazen means waking up from this group sickness and walking on your own two feet.

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Kodo Sawaki

Lineage: Sōtō

By Kodo Sawaki

• Lost in Thoughtproverb
• Satori Is Not a Commodityproverb
• Sit Down and Shut Upproverb
• Zazen Is the Selfproverb
• Zazen Is Good for Nothingsaying

From To You (Anata ni)

• Lost in Thought
• Satori Is Not a Commodity
• Sit Down and Shut Up
• Zazen Is the Self
• You Can't Trade a Fart
• Gaining Is Delusion
• Hell Is in Your Own Chest
• Religion Is Living Your Own Life
• Don't Put Your Heads Together
• There Is No One to Be

Sources

• contentWikisource — English-language free library

  Kodo Sawaki, To You

  To You (Anata ni): Group Sickness