Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
DOGENPrefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
More Dogen Quotes
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Just practice good, do good for others, without thinking of making yourself known so that you may gain reward. Really bring benefit to others, gaining nothing for yourself. This is the primary requisite for breaking free of attachments to the Self.
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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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If you want to see things just as they are, then you yourself must practice just as you are.
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If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.
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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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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
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Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.
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To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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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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People like what is not true and they don’t like what is true.
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We must always be disturbed by the truth.
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I asked, “What are words?” The tenzo said, “One, two, three, four, five.” I asked again, “What is practice?” “Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.”
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A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
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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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Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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