Pure Mountain Tao

Withdraw attention from the externals. Cultivate meditative contemplation and peace within. Peace is not found in the outside world, but from within.
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Earth, mountains, rivers – hidden in this nothingness.
In this nothingness – earth, mountains, rivers revealed.
Spring flowers, winter snows:
There’s no being or non-being, nor denial itself.
- Saisho (circa 1490)
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Why should we meditate? Meditation calms [...]