If you don’t understand the way right before you,
How will you know the path on which you walk?
Patience is not a matter of far or near,
But if you are confused, mountains and rivers block your way.
I respectfully urge you who study the mystery,
Don’t pass your days and nights in vain.
-- The Sandôkai
This is the last three verses of a text that is recited in Zen temples in Japan every morning. You can find the full text, annoted for chanting service here. It has a slightly different translation of the verses that I have posted.
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