When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.
DOGENTime is three eyes and eight elbows.
More Dogen Quotes
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Coming, going, the waterbirds, don’t leave a trace, don’t follow a path.
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Look for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil.
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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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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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Realization doesn’t destroy the individual any more than the reflection of the moon breaks a drop of water. A drop of water can reflect the whole sky.
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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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To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self.
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Since it is the practice of enlightenment, that practice has no beginning and since it is enlightenment within the practice, that realization has no end.
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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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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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Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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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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There are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way.
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When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.
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