"let no thought be wasted over it"

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During sesshin, or intensive Zen meditation retreat, there used to be chanting at various intervals ... morning service, after meals, etc. Mostly, things were quiet, but sometimes there was chanting at the Zen center I attended.

And a fragment of one of those chants came back to me this morning after so many years:

As for turning the wheel of Dharma,
Let no thought be wasted over it.
May all beings
Attain true wisdom.

Seriously:

Let no thought be wasted over it.

Seriously.
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