The Dharma is not far away; it is right here within the mind.
夫れ仏法は遥かに非ず、心中にして即ち近し。

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Kūkai
Founder of Shingon Buddhism in Japan (774-835). He sailed to Tang China in 804 and studied esoteric Buddhism under Huiguo. He founded the monastery on Mt Koya and taught buddhahood in this very body.
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