Do 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.
DOGENWe must always be disturbed by the truth.
More Dogen Quotes
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Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
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There are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way.
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No matter how bad a state of mind you may get into, if you keep strong and hold out, eventually the floating clouds must vanish and the withering wind must cease.
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Practice and enlightenment are not two.
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In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
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Why abandon a seat in your own home to wander in vain through dusty regions of another land? If you make one false step, you miss what is right before your eyes.
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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.
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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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To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self.
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Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.
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Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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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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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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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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