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A Quote by Lin Chi on buddhahood, fool, laugh, wisdom, and ordinariness

When it's time to get dressed, put on your clothes.
When you must walk, then walk.
When you must sit, then sit.
Just be your ordinary self in ordinary life,
unconcerned in seeking for Buddhahood.
When you're tired, lie down.
The fool will laugh at you
but the wise man will understand.

Lin Chi
Source: The Way of Zen‎ - Page 151 by Alan Watts
Contributed by: Meenakshi. More quotes added by Meenakshi from all sources
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mum's the word : Cosmic Hindu Explorer
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mum's the word said

There's something to be said about, 'just living by that simple rule of thumb of being,' from this infinite structure……Sweet~
:)

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