There is no beginning to practice nor end to enlightenment; There is no beginning to enlightenment nor end to practice.
DOGENIf 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.
More Dogen Quotes
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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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To escape from the world means that one’s mind is not concerned with the opinions of the world.
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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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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Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
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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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There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
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Cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech.
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When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots – just paint Spring.
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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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To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
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I haven’t got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.
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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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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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If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?
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