When you walk in the mist, you get wet.
DOGENSince 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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What is reality? An icicle forming in fire.
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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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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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You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.
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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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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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To escape from the world means that one’s mind is not concerned with the opinions of the world.
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The recognition of the coming and going of things is a first step in training and practice.
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In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
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To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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Time is three eyes and eight elbows.
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When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.
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A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
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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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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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