In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.
DOGENThose who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.
More Dogen Quotes
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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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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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There is no beginning to practice nor end to enlightenment; There is no beginning to enlightenment nor end to practice.
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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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When you walk in the mist, you get wet.
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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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What you think in your own mind to be good, or what people of the world think is good, is not necessarily good.
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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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A zen master’s life is one continuous mistake.
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What is the way of the Buddha? It is to study the self. What is the study of the self? It is to forget oneself. To forget oneself is to enlightened by everything in the world.
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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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Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
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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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To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
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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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