Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
DOGEN
Let your heart go out and abide in things. Let things return and abide in your heart.
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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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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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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To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
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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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If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?
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Practice and enlightenment are not two.
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Coming, going, the waterbirds, don’t leave a trace, don’t follow a path.
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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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Although its light is wide and great, the Moon is reflected in a puddle one inch wide. The whole Moon and the entire sky is reflected in one dew drop on the grass.
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Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.
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IF YOU WOULD BE FREE OF GREED, FIRST YOU HAVE TO LEAVE EGOTISM BEHIND. THE BEST MENTAL EXERCISE FOR RELINQUISHING EGOTISM IS CONTEMPLATING IMPERMANENCE.
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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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When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots – just paint Spring.
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