Meditation in the midst of activity is a thousand times superior to meditation in stillness.Hakuin Ekaku
“On the empty mountain no one is seen, but the sound of voices is heard.”
Poet · 699 – 759
Wang Wei was a Tang-dynasty Chinese poet, painter, and Buddhist known for serene landscape poetry. Poems such as 'Deer Enclosure' distill a whole mountainside into a few quiet lines.
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