In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.
DOGENThe recognition of the coming and going of things is a first step in training and practice.
More Dogen Quotes
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What is the way of the Buddha? It is to study the self. What is the study of the self? It is to forget oneself. To forget oneself is to enlightened by everything in the world.
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In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.
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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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One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.
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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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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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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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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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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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Why abandon a seat in your own home to wander in vain through dusty regions of another land? If you make one false step, you miss what is right before your eyes.
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Practice and enlightenment are not two.
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Students today should live fully every moment of time. This dew-like life fades away; time speeds swiftly. In this short life of ours, avoid involvement in superfluous things and just study the Way.
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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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There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
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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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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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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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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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Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
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Look for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil.
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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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If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?
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A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
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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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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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Learn the backward step that turns your light inward to illuminate your self. Body and mind of themselves will drop away, and your original face will be manifest.
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