“Students today should begrudge every moment of time. This dewlike life fades away; time speeds swiftly. In this short life of ours, avoid involvement in superfluous things and just study the Way.”

—  Dogen

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Shobogenzo Zuimonki (1238)

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Japanese Zen buddhist teacher 1200–1253

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