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We must always be disturbed by the truth.

Dogen

Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass, your life is as brief as a flash of lightning. Momentary and vain, it is lost in a moment.
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Cvain Dew Flash Lightning Lost Moment Momentary Morning
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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Cold Drink Hot Practice Realization Water
Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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Bear Children Mind Parents Universe Whole
You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.
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Become Born Buddhist Child Mother Spiritual Study
There is no beginning to practice nor end to enlightenment; There is no beginning to enlightenment nor end to practice.
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Beginning End Enlightenment No Practice
Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.
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Easy Seek True Way
Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
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Amazed Dragon Reality True
When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.
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Discover Inspirational Life Original Selves War
What is the way of the Buddha? It is to study the self. What is the study of the self? It is to forget oneself. To forget oneself is to enlightened by everything in the world.
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Buddha Forget Oneself Self Study Way World
In doing zazen it is desirable to have a quiet room. You should be temperate in eating and drinking, forsaking all delusive relationships. Setting everything aside, think of neither good nor evil, right nor wrong. Thus having stopped the various functions of your mind, five up even the idea of becoming a Buddha.
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Delusive Drink Eat Forsake Idea Quite Relationship Room Temepearte Thing
Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
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Aware Enlightenment Necessary Thinking War
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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Advance Call Confirm Delusion Enlightenment Self Ten Thousand
The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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Dewdrop Moon Reflect Relaxation Sky
If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.
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Buddha Expect Nothing Grasp Want Way
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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Chase Light Mind Phrase Practice Stop Word
Practice and enlightenment are not two.
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Enlightenment Happen Practice Two

We must always be disturbed by the truth.

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