Time is three eyes and eight elbows.
DOGEN
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.
More Dogen Quotes
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Time is three eyes and eight elbows.
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Something you want badly enough can always be gained. No matter how fierce the enemy, how remote the beautiful lady, or how carefully guarded the treasure, there is always a means to the goal for the earnest seeker. The unseen help of the guardian gods of heaven and earth assure fulfillment.
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Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
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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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Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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Coming, going, the waterbirds, don’t leave a trace, don’t follow a path.
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When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.
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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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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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Practice and enlightenment are not two.
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Do not travel to other dusty lands, forsaking your own sitting place; if you cannot find the truth where you are now, you will never find it.
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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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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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We must always be disturbed by the truth.
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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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When you walk in the mist, you get wet.
DOGEN