Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
DOGENThe true person is Not anyone in particular; But like the deep blue color Of the limitless sky, It is everyone, Everywhere in the world.
More Dogen Quotes
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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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Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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People like what is not true and they don’t like what is true.
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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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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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Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.
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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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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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Coming, going, the waterbirds, don’t leave a trace, don’t follow a path.
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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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Time is three eyes and eight elbows.
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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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Do not miss the opportunity of offering even a single drop into the ocean of merit or a grain atop the mountain of the roots of beneficial activity.
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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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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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