To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self.
DOGENTo escape from the world means that one’s mind is not concerned with the opinions of the world.
More Dogen Quotes
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Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
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The coming and going of birth and death is a painting. Unsurpassed enlightenment is a painting. The entire phenomenal universe and the empty sky are nothing but a painting.
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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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When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.
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The true person is Not anyone in particular; But like the deep blue color Of the limitless sky, It is everyone, Everywhere in the world.
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Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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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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In doing zazen it is desirable to have a quiet room. You should be temperate in eating and drinking, forsaking all delusive relationships. Setting everything aside, think of neither good nor evil, right nor wrong. Thus having stopped the various functions of your mind, five up even the idea of becoming a Buddha.
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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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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In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.
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A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.
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To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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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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When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.
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There are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way.
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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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Practice and enlightenment are not two.
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We must always be disturbed by the truth.
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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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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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When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots – just paint Spring.
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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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I asked, “What are words?” The tenzo said, “One, two, three, four, five.” I asked again, “What is practice?” “Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.”
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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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