We be where we be … so why do we so often wish to be someplace else?
Dogen Zenji wrote :
Ooyoso tôjo o hanarezu, ani shugyô no kyakutô o mochiuru mono naran ya.
In general, we never depart from the place where we should be: of what use, then, are the tip-toes of training? [Nishijima]
It is never apart from this very place; what is the use of traveling around to practice? [SZTP]
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