What is reality? An icicle forming in fire.
DOGENThe whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
More Dogen Quotes
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Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.
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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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When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.
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If you want to do a certain thing, you first have to be a certain person. Once you become that certain person, you will not care anymore about doing that certain thing.
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If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?
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A zen master’s life is one continuous mistake.
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Meditation is not a way to enlightenment, Nor is it a method of achieving anything at all. It is peace itself. It is the actualization of wisdom, The ultimate truth of the oneness of all things.
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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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Cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech.
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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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When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.
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Look for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil.
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When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.
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Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
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A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
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