You must spend time in a monastery, among wise and compassionate people. Or, you must travel deep into the mountains and valleys, practicing concentr… - Keizan

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You must spend time in a monastery, among wise and compassionate people. Or, you must travel deep into the mountains and valleys, practicing concentration next to flowing streams amid the mountains or clearing the mind by sitting in meditation in a valley. You must carefully observe impermanence and never forget its significance, for this inspires the mind in the pursuit of the Way.

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Keizan (瑩山; also Keizan Jōkin 瑩山紹瑾) (1268 – 1325) was a Japanese Zen Buddhist priest considered to be the second great founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan.

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