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Quote from "Zen Mind"

Posted November 3rd, 2005 by mhnwestlake

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Actually, emptiness of mind is not even a state of mind, but the original essence of mind which Buddha and the Sixth Patriarch experienced. "Essence of mind," "original mind," "original face," "Buddha nature," "emptiness"--all these words mean the absolute calmness of our mind.

-Shunryu Suzuki, "Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind"
From "365 Buddha Daily Meditations," edited by Jeff Schmidt. Reprinted by arrangement with Tarcher/Putnam, a division of Penguin Putnam Inc.

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