I haven’t got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.
DOGENOne must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.
More Dogen Quotes
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To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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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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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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A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.
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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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In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.
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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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Since it is the practice of enlightenment, that practice has no beginning and since it is enlightenment within the practice, that realization has no end.
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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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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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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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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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You should stop searching for phrases and chasing after words. Take the backward step and turn the light inward. Your body-mind of itself will drop off and your original face will appear. If you want to attain just this, immediately practice just this.
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In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
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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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People who truly follow the Way would do well to conceal the fact that they are Buddhists.
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Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
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Students today should live fully every moment of time. This dew-like life fades away; time speeds swiftly. In this short life of ours, avoid involvement in superfluous things and just study the Way.
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Look for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil.
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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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Cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech.
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Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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The true person is Not anyone in particular; But like the deep blue color Of the limitless sky, It is everyone, Everywhere in the world.
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Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
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When you walk in the mist, you get wet.
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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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