If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.
DOGENWhen both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.
More Dogen Quotes
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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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Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.
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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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Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass, your life is as brief as a flash of lightning. Momentary and vain, it is lost in a moment.
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Zazen is an activity that is an extension of the universe. Zazen is not the life of an individual, it’s the universe that’s breathing.
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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 as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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Cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech.
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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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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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Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become clear and you will realize the unity of all things.
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Let your heart go out and abide in things. Let things return and abide in your heart.
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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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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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Since it is the practice of enlightenment, that practice has no beginning and since it is enlightenment within the practice, that realization has no end.
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