Bassui Tokusho Quotes

• Reciting part of a sutra with the desire to benefit others is like reciting a recipe in the hope it will prevent people from starving.

  Bassui Tokusho

  People, Desire, Benefits

  Bassui Tokusho, Arthur Braverman (2002). “Mud and Water: The Collected Teachings of Zen Master Bassui”, p.104, Simon and Schuster

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• All words and sayings gently turn, returning to the self.

  Bassui Tokusho

  Self, Turns

  Bassui Tokusho (2013). “Mud and Water: The Collected Teachings of Zen Master Bassui”, p.112, Simon and Schuster

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  The true meaning of the precepts is that one should refrain not only from drinking alcohol but also from getting drunk on nirvana.

  Bassui Tokusho

  Buddhist, Drinking, Drunk

  "Mud and Water: The Collected Teachings of Zen Master Bassui".

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• Do you wish to see clearly and be free?

  Bassui Tokusho

  Vision, Wish

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• My true desire is to relieve others of their pain, though I myself may fall into hell.

  Bassui Tokusho

  Pain, Fall, Desire

  Bassui Tokusho, Arthur Braverman (2002). “Mud and Water: The Collected Teachings of Zen Master Bassui”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

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