When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.
DOGENWhat you think in your own mind to be good, or what people of the world think is good, is not necessarily good.
More Dogen Quotes
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Cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech.
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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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Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
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Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
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To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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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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To escape from the world means that one’s mind is not concerned with the opinions of the world.
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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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Truth is not far away. It is nearer than near. There is no need to attain it, since not one of your steps leads away from it.
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A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
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If you want to see things just as they are, then you yourself must practice just as you are.
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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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In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.
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