Students, when you want to say something, think about it three times before you say it. Speak only if your words will benefit yourselves and others. Do not speak if it brings no benefit.
DOGENEmptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.
More Dogen Quotes
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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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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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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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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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In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
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Coming, going, the waterbirds, don’t leave a trace, don’t follow a path.
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Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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Yet you must not cling to the words of the old sages either; they, too, may not be right. Even if you believe them, you should be alert so that, in the event that something superior comes along, you may follow that.
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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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Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.
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But do not ask me where I am going, As I travel in this limitless world, Where every step I take is my home.
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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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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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Truth is not far away. It is nearer than near. There is no need to attain it, since not one of your steps leads away from it.
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Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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