There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
DOGENZazen 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.
More Dogen Quotes
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Realization doesn’t destroy the individual any more than the reflection of the moon breaks a drop of water. A drop of water can reflect the whole sky.
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Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots – just paint Spring.
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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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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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To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
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If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?
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I haven’t got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.
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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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If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.
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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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To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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We must always be disturbed by the truth.
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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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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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