Be moderate in eating and drinking. Mindful of the passing of time, engage yourself in zazen as though saving your head from fire.
DOGENThere are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
More Dogen Quotes
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People like what is not true and they don’t like what is true.
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One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.
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To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.
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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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Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.
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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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That the self advances and confirms the ten thousand things is called delusion; that the ten thousand things advance and confirm the self is called enlightenment.
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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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Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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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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If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.
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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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Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
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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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Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots – just paint Spring.
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There are thousands upon thousands of students who have practiced meditation and obtained its fruits. Do not doubt its possibilities because of the simplicity of the method. If you can not find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
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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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When you walk in the mist, you get wet.
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Look for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil.
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Practice and enlightenment are not two.
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In doing zazen it is desirable to have a quiet room. You should be temperate in eating and drinking, forsaking all delusive relationships. Setting everything aside, think of neither good nor evil, right nor wrong. Thus having stopped the various functions of your mind, five up even the idea of becoming a Buddha.
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When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.
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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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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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