There is no beginning to practice nor end to enlightenment; There is no beginning to enlightenment nor end to practice.
DOGENTo study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self.
More Dogen Quotes
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To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.
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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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Cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech.
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Yet you must not cling to the words of the old sages either; they, too, may not be right. Even if you believe them, you should be alert so that, in the event that something superior comes along, you may follow that.
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Those who see worldly life as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions. They have not yet discovered that there are no everyday actions outside of Dharma.
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Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken. Take heed, do not squander your life.
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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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Those who practice know whether realization is attained or not, just as those who drink water know whether it is hot or cold
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When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.
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Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.
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Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
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Just practice good, do good for others, without thinking of making yourself known so that you may gain reward. Really bring benefit to others, gaining nothing for yourself. This is the primary requisite for breaking free of attachments to the Self.
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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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A zen master’s life is one continuous mistake.
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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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Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass, your life is as brief as a flash of lightning. Momentary and vain, it is lost in a moment.
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When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.
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Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.
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Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
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A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.
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To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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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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Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.
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Look for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil.
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Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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