“Until now, I had misunderstood the Satori, enlightenment of Zen Buddhism.
I had thought that satori is to die without fear anytime. But it is a wrong guess.
The satori is to live unconcernedly anytime.”

—  Masaoka Shiki

Jusqu'à maintenant, j'avais mal compris le Satori, ou l'objectif final du bouddhisme zen.
Je pensais que le satori est de mourir sans peur à tout moment. Mais il est fausse supposition.
Le satori est de vivre sereinement en tout temps.
Byōshō-rokushaku

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Jusqu'à maintenant, j'avais mal compris le Satori, ou l'objectif final du bouddhisme zen. Je pensais que le satori est de mourir sans peur à tout moment. Mais il est fausse supposition. Le satori est de vivre sereinement en tout temps.

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