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“ ”No se puede comprender el zen a través de los libros y conferencias. Se trata de descubrir en nosotros el origen de la vida manifestada. No podemos nutrirnos de la imagen de la manzana, ni podemos saber sin tocarla si el agua está caliente o fría.
About Taisen Deshimaru
Taisen Deshimaru (29 November 1914 – 30 April 1982) was a Japanese Sōtō Zen Buddhist teacher. His experiences led him to Bangka Island, where he taught zazen to the Chinese, Indonesian, and European inhabitants of the island. The island was under the attack of the Japanese Occupational Army, who were executing large numbers of the inhabitants indiscriminately. Feeling a plight for the people of Bangka, Deshimaru eventually took up their cause and was quickly labeled a rebel by the Japanese Army and thrown in prison. Shortly before he was due for execution, high Japanese officials released him and the other prisoners waiting to be killed. Following this, he was placed in an American POW camp in Singapore until he was released months later. He died in 1982, after having solidly established Zen practice in the West.
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Additional quotes by Taisen Deshimaru
Cada ser y cada cosa del universo tan solo existen en función de su coexistencia con los otros seres y con las otras cosas. La independencia de un ser o una cosa es el resultado de la interdependencia de todos los seres y de todas las cosas.
Your world and the cat's world are not the same.
Without the ego, there is no suffering.