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Bassui Tokusho Quotes

Reciting part of a sutra with the desire to benefit others is like reciting a recipe in the hope it will prevent people from starving.

Reciting part of a sutra with the desire to benefit others is like reciting a recipe in the hope it will prevent people from starving.

Bassui Tokusho
People, Desire, Benefits
Bassui Tokusho, Arthur Braverman (2002). “Mud and Water: The Collected Teachings of Zen Master Bassui”, p.104, Simon and Schuster

The true meaning of the precepts is that one should refrain not only from drinking alcohol but also from getting drunk on nirvana.

Bassui Tokusho
Buddhist, Drinking, Drunk
"Mud and Water: The Collected Teachings of Zen Master Bassui".

All words and sayings gently turn, returning to the self.

Bassui Tokusho
Self, Turns
Bassui Tokusho (2013). “Mud and Water: The Collected Teachings of Zen Master Bassui”, p.112, Simon and Schuster

Do you wish to see clearly and be free?

Bassui Tokusho
Vision, Wish

My true desire is to relieve others of their pain, though I myself may fall into hell.

Bassui Tokusho
Pain, Fall, Desire
Bassui Tokusho, Arthur Braverman (2002). “Mud and Water: The Collected Teachings of Zen Master Bassui”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

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