Yet you must not cling to the words of the old sages either; they, too, may not be right. Even if you believe them, you should be alert so that, in the event that something superior comes along, you may follow that.
DOGENYet you must not cling to the words of the old sages either; they, too, may not be right. Even if you believe them, you should be alert so that, in the event that something superior comes along, you may follow that.
More Dogen Quotes
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A zen master’s life is one continuous mistake.
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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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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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When you walk in the mist, you get wet.
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In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.
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What is reality? An icicle forming in fire.
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
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Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.
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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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You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.
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Let your heart go out and abide in things. Let things return and abide in your heart.
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Although its light is wide and great, the Moon is reflected in a puddle one inch wide. The whole Moon and the entire sky is reflected in one dew drop on the grass.
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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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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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Practice and enlightenment are not two.
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