Practice and enlightenment are not two.
DOGENThe whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
More Dogen Quotes
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That the self advances and confirms the ten thousand things is called delusion; that the ten thousand things advance and confirm the self is called enlightenment.
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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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What you think in your own mind to be good, or what people of the world think is good, is not necessarily good.
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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 see worldly life as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions. They have not yet discovered that there are no everyday actions outside of Dharma.
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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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There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
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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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Time is three eyes and eight elbows.
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Refraining from all evil, not clinging to birth and death, working in deep compassion for all sentient beings, respecting those over you and pitying those below you, without any detesting or desiring, worrying or lamentation – this is what is called Buddha. Do not search beyond it.
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Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.
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Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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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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There is no beginning to practice nor end to enlightenment; There is no beginning to enlightenment nor end to practice.
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