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You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.

Dogen

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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All Anything Archive Enlightenment Meditation Method Oneness
Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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Bear Children Mind Parents Universe Whole
One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.
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Aware Deeply Impermanence World
Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.
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Blossom Bound Emptiness Grass
Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
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Aware Enlightenment Necessary Thinking War
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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Doubt Meditation Possibility Simplicity Student Thousand Truth
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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Backward Inward Light Mind Self Turn
A zen master’s life is one continuous mistake.
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Continue Life Master Mistake People
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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Buddha Forget Oneself Self Study Way World
Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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Forget Oneself Opening Yourself
Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
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Among Defeated Excel Fool Prefer Wise
Practice and enlightenment are not two.
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Enlightenment Happen Practice Two
There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
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Complete Hiddenness Mountain Understanding
Truth is not far away. It is nearer than near. There is no need to attain it, since not one of your steps leads away from it.
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Away Nearer Need Since Step Truth
The recognition of the coming and going of things is a first step in training and practice.
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Coem First Go Practice Recognition Step Training
Do not travel to other dusty lands, forsaking your own sitting place; if you cannot find the truth where you are now, you will never find it.
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Dusty Land never Place Sitting Travel Truth

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