Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
DOGENSitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
More Dogen Quotes
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When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots – just paint Spring.
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One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.
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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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Practice and enlightenment are not two.
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Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.
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We must always be disturbed by the truth.
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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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There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
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Zazen is an activity that is an extension of the universe. Zazen is not the life of an individual, it’s the universe that’s breathing.
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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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When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.
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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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Why abandon a seat in your own home to wander in vain through dusty regions of another land? If you make one false step, you miss what is right before your eyes.
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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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Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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