When you walk in the mist, you get wet.
DOGENPractice and enlightenment are not two.
More Dogen Quotes
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Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
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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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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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Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.
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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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One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.
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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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If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.
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If you want to see things just as they are, then you yourself must practice just as you are.
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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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Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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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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There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
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To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
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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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