Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself.Dogen
“Do not be concerned with the faults of other persons.”
Zen master · 1200 – 1253
Founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan and author of the Shōbōgenzō, a landmark of Buddhist philosophy.
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