saying
The Self That Lives Your Life
To You (Anata ni)
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The self that lives your whole life is not the self that society has created. Society made you a name, a position, a reputation. But the self that sits zazen, that breathes, that dies—this self was never born and can never die. This is your original face before your parents were born.
Attribution
By Kodo Sawaki
From To You (Anata ni)
Sources
To You (Anata ni): The Self That Lives Your Life