Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
DOGENPeople who truly follow the Way would do well to conceal the fact that they are Buddhists.
More Dogen Quotes
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To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
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Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.
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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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Time is three eyes and eight elbows.
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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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Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
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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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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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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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I asked, “What are words?” The tenzo said, “One, two, three, four, five.” I asked again, “What is practice?” “Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.”
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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Students, when you want to say something, think about it three times before you say it. Speak only if your words will benefit yourselves and others. Do not speak if it brings no benefit.
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Do not miss the opportunity of offering even a single drop into the ocean of merit or a grain atop the mountain of the roots of beneficial activity.
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Look for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil.
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