In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.
DOGENStudents, when you want to say something, think about it three times before you say it. Speak only if your words will benefit yourselves and others. Do not speak if it brings no benefit.
More Dogen Quotes
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IF YOU WOULD BE FREE OF GREED, FIRST YOU HAVE TO LEAVE EGOTISM BEHIND. THE BEST MENTAL EXERCISE FOR RELINQUISHING EGOTISM IS CONTEMPLATING IMPERMANENCE.
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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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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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People like what is not true and they don’t like what is true.
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In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.
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Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.
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Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become clear and you will realize the unity of all things.
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I haven’t got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.
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Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
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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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The recognition of the coming and going of things is a first step in training and practice.
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A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
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Look for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil.
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Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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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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