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Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week<br><br>
March 25, 2007<br><br>
THE HEART OF ZEN<br><br>
One of the basic points in the understanding of the Zen tradition is to
discipline and train the wild animal of mind, which should have become
domesticated a long time ago, because this wild animal has buddhanature
-- not just buddhanature, but it is buddha. So Zen is largely based on
the idea of what is known as the trusting in the heart, or believing in
the heart. Every experience we might go through has the potentiality of
truth -- everything -- including the confusion. <br><br>
From "Beauty and Absurdity" in THE TEACUP AND THE SKULLCUP:
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA ON ZEN AND TANTRA. Page 89. <br><br>
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Buddhist practitioners. Available from shambhalashop.com. <br><br>
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