If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.
DOGENLook for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil.
More Dogen Quotes
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To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self.
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Let your heart go out and abide in things. Let things return and abide in your heart.
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Yet you must not cling to the words of the old sages either; they, too, may not be right. Even if you believe them, you should be alert so that, in the event that something superior comes along, you may follow that.
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Refraining from all evil, not clinging to birth and death, working in deep compassion for all sentient beings, respecting those over you and pitying those below you, without any detesting or desiring, worrying or lamentation – this is what is called Buddha. Do not search beyond it.
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Students today should live fully every moment of time. This dew-like life fades away; time speeds swiftly. In this short life of ours, avoid involvement in superfluous things and just study the Way.
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A zen master’s life is one continuous mistake.
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There is no beginning to practice nor end to enlightenment; There is no beginning to enlightenment nor end to practice.
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To escape from the world means that one’s mind is not concerned with the opinions of the world.
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Truth is not far away. It is nearer than near. There is no need to attain it, since not one of your steps leads away from it.
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In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
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When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.
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Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
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That the self advances and confirms the ten thousand things is called delusion; that the ten thousand things advance and confirm the self is called enlightenment.
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You should stop searching for phrases and chasing after words. Take the backward step and turn the light inward. Your body-mind of itself will drop off and your original face will appear. If you want to attain just this, immediately practice just this.
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The recognition of the coming and going of things is a first step in training and practice.
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People who truly follow the Way would do well to conceal the fact that they are Buddhists.
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
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When you walk in the mist, you get wet.
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But do not ask me where I am going, As I travel in this limitless world, Where every step I take is my home.
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The true person is Not anyone in particular; But like the deep blue color Of the limitless sky, It is everyone, Everywhere in the world.
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We must always be disturbed by the truth.
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Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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If you want to see things just as they are, then you yourself must practice just as you are.
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Coming, going, the waterbirds, don’t leave a trace, don’t follow a path.
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Cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech.
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To start from the self and try to understand all things is delusion. To let the self be awakened by all things is enlightenment.
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