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A drop of water can reflect the whole sky.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":58,"quote_text":59,"author_id":5,"source_id":23,"has_image":35,"author":60,"source":61,"quote_tag":62,"commentary":9},2992144,"Forgetting oneself is opening oneself.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":64,"quote_text":65,"author_id":5,"source_id":23,"has_image":35,"author":66,"source":67,"quote_tag":68,"commentary":9},2992143,"Yet you must not cling to the words of the old sages either; they, too, may not be right. Even if you believe them, you should be alert so that, in the event that something superior comes along, you may follow that.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":70,"quote_text":71,"author_id":5,"source_id":23,"has_image":35,"author":72,"source":73,"quote_tag":74,"commentary":75},2992142,"Though it has no thought of keeping watch, it’s not for naught that the scarecrow stands in the grain field.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nThis enigmatic quote is attributed to Dōgen, a 13th-century Japanese Zen master and founder of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism. Dōgen's teachings often emphasized the importance of mindfulness and the interconnectedness of all things. 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While walking, sitting, lying down, the body itself is complete truth. If someone asks the inner meaning of this: Inside the treasury of dharma eye a single grain of dust.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"currentPage":95,"totalPages":96,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":97},1,17,10]