"I look beyond; __________________________________________________________________ “Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be.” __________________________________________________________________ “How joyful to look upon the awakened and keep company with the wise. Follow then the shining ones, the wise, the awakened, the loving. For they know how to work and forbear. But if you cannot find friend or master to go with you, travel on alone—Like a king who has given away his kingdom, like and elephant in the forest.” __________________________________________________________________ “One thing, all things: __________________________________________________________________ "This mountain makes the landscape it dominates charming and significant in every way. Having said this to ourselves a hundred times, we become so unreasonable and grateful that we suppose that whatever bestows so much charm must also be the most charming thing around and we climb the mountain and are disappointed. Suddenly the mountain itself and the whole landscape around us have lost their magic. We had forgotten that some greatness like some goodness, wants to be beheld only from a distance and by all means only from below, not from above, otherwise it makes no impression." __________________________________________________________________ "You ask me why I stay in these blue mountains. __________________________________________________________________ "Butei, Emperor of Ryo, sent for Fu-daishi to explain the Diamond Sutra. On the appointed day Fu-daishi came to the palace, mounted a platform, rapped the table before him then descended and, still not speaking, left.
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