An ancient buddha said, “Mountains are mountains; waters are waters.” These words do not mean mountains are mountains; they mean mountains are mountains.
DOGENDo not miss the opportunity of offering even a single drop into the ocean of merit or a grain atop the mountain of the roots of beneficial activity.
More Dogen Quotes
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To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?
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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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There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
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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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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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Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
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Something you want badly enough can always be gained. No matter how fierce the enemy, how remote the beautiful lady, or how carefully guarded the treasure, there is always a means to the goal for the earnest seeker. The unseen help of the guardian gods of heaven and earth assure fulfillment.
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To start from the self and try to understand all things is delusion. To let the self be awakened by all things is enlightenment.
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In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
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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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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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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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If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.
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One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.
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