Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
DOGENLook for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil.
More Dogen Quotes
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Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
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To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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Be moderate in eating and drinking. Mindful of the passing of time, engage yourself in zazen as though saving your head from fire.
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Something you want badly enough can always be gained. No matter how fierce the enemy, how remote the beautiful lady, or how carefully guarded the treasure, there is always a means to the goal for the earnest seeker. The unseen help of the guardian gods of heaven and earth assure fulfillment.
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If you want to do a certain thing, you first have to be a certain person. Once you become that certain person, you will not care anymore about doing that certain thing.
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Those who practice know whether realization is attained or not, just as those who drink water know whether it is hot or cold
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Do not travel to other dusty lands, forsaking your own sitting place; if you cannot find the truth where you are now, you will never find it.
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In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.
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Look for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil.
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In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.
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A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
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One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.
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Students, when you want to say something, think about it three times before you say it. Speak only if your words will benefit yourselves and others. Do not speak if it brings no benefit.
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When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots – just paint Spring.
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If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.
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