People like what is not true and they don’t like what is true.
DOGENI haven’t got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.
More Dogen Quotes
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Learn the backward step that turns your light inward to illuminate your self. Body and mind of themselves will drop away, and your original face will be manifest.
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When you walk in the mist, you get wet.
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Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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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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When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots – just paint Spring.
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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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An ancient buddha said, “Mountains are mountains; waters are waters.” These words do not mean mountains are mountains; they mean mountains are mountains.
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Be moderate in eating and drinking. Mindful of the passing of time, engage yourself in zazen as though saving your head from fire.
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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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Coming, going, the waterbirds, don’t leave a trace, don’t follow a path.
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What is reality? An icicle forming in fire.
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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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Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
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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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In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.
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