Although its light is wide and great, the Moon is reflected in a puddle one inch wide. The whole Moon and the entire sky is reflected in one dew drop on the grass.
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.
More Dogen Quotes
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Meditation is not a way to enlightenment, Nor is it a method of achieving anything at all. It is peace itself. It is the actualization of wisdom, The ultimate truth of the oneness of all things.
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Look for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil.
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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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To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
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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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No matter how bad a state of mind you may get into, if you keep strong and hold out, eventually the floating clouds must vanish and the withering wind must cease.
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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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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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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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What you think in your own mind to be good, or what people of the world think is good, is not necessarily good.
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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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When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots – just paint Spring.
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One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.
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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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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
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