There is no beginning to practice nor end to enlightenment; There is no beginning to enlightenment nor end to practice.
DOGENEmptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.
More Dogen Quotes
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The coming and going of birth and death is a painting. Unsurpassed enlightenment is a painting. The entire phenomenal universe and the empty sky are nothing but a painting.
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Practice and enlightenment are not two.
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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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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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Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.
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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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Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken. Take heed, do not squander your life.
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Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
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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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An ancient buddha said, “Mountains are mountains; waters are waters.” These words do not mean mountains are mountains; they mean mountains are mountains.
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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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Coming, going, the waterbirds, don’t leave a trace, don’t follow a path.
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Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
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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 be amazed by the true dragon.
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People like what is not true and they don’t like what is true.
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To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand 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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A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.
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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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Look for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil.
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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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Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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What is reality? An icicle forming in fire.
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IF YOU WOULD BE FREE OF GREED, FIRST YOU HAVE TO LEAVE EGOTISM BEHIND. THE BEST MENTAL EXERCISE FOR RELINQUISHING EGOTISM IS CONTEMPLATING IMPERMANENCE.
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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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