Kodo Sawaki: Living

Kodo Sawaki was Japanese zen Buddhist monk. Explore interesting quotes on living.

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“Religion means living your own life, completely fresh and new, without being taken in by anyone.”

Kodo Sawaki

Source: Zen ni kike (To you) (Tokyo: Daihorinkaku, 1987)

Life , Religion

“You can’t even trade a single fart with the next guy. Each and every one of us has to live out his own life. Don’t waste time thinking about who’s most talented.”

Kodo Sawaki

Zen ni kike (To you) (Tokyo: Daihorinkaku, 1987)

Life , Guy , Thinking , Time

“How we live our everyday lives has to be the main concern of religion.”

Kodo Sawaki

Source: The Zen Teachings of Homeless Kodo (Somerville, MA: Wisdom, 2014), p. 64

Religion