直心是道場無虚假故 jikishin kore dōjō, koke naki ga yue ni The straightforward mind is the place of practice, because it is free of falsehood

直心 (jikishin) is a mind that is straight and without pretense. 道場 (dōjō) is the place of the Way: in the sutra the seat of awakening, later the practice hall, later the martial hall. The line says the place is a quality of mind and no building at all. Wherever this mind is, there is the dōjō.

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