Look for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil.
DOGENLet your heart go out and abide in things. Let things return and abide in your heart.
More Dogen Quotes
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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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If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.
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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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When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.
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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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Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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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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Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.
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There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
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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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One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.
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In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.
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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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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.
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