Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.
DOGENWhen you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots – just paint Spring.
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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The recognition of the coming and going of things is a first step in training and practice.
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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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Time is three eyes and eight elbows.
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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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Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.
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Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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There are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way.
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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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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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But do not ask me where I am going, As I travel in this limitless world, Where every step I take is my home.
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Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.
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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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To escape from the world means that one’s mind is not concerned with the opinions of the world.
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Just practice good, do good for others, without thinking of making yourself known so that you may gain reward. Really bring benefit to others, gaining nothing for yourself. This is the primary requisite for breaking free of attachments to the Self.
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