Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.
DOGENOne must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.
More Dogen Quotes
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That you carry yourself forward and experience the myriad things is delusion. That the myriad things come forward and experience themselves is awakening
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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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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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A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
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Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
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The recognition of the coming and going of things is a first step in training and practice.
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
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What is reality? An icicle forming in fire.
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To escape from the world means that one’s mind is not concerned with the opinions of the world.
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Zazen is an activity that is an extension of the universe. Zazen is not the life of an individual, it’s the universe that’s breathing.
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There is no beginning to practice nor end to enlightenment; There is no beginning to enlightenment nor end to practice.
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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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To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self.
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There are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way.
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A zen master’s life is one continuous mistake.
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