Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.
DOGENIn doing zazen it is desirable to have a quiet room. You should be temperate in eating and drinking, forsaking all delusive relationships. Setting everything aside, think of neither good nor evil, right nor wrong. Thus having stopped the various functions of your mind, five up even the idea of becoming a Buddha.
More Dogen Quotes
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Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
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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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A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.
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To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
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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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When you walk in the mist, you get wet.
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People who truly follow the Way would do well to conceal the fact that they are Buddhists.
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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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When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.
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There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
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Coming, going, the waterbirds, don’t leave a trace, don’t follow a path.
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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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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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If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.
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