To escape from the world means that one’s mind is not concerned with the opinions of the world.
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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I haven’t got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.
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That the self advances and confirms the ten thousand things is called delusion; that the ten thousand things advance and confirm the self is called enlightenment.
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To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
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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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When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots – just paint Spring.
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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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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
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A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
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We must always be disturbed by the truth.
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Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.
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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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Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass, your life is as brief as a flash of lightning. Momentary and vain, it is lost in a moment.
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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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IF YOU WOULD BE FREE OF GREED, FIRST YOU HAVE TO LEAVE EGOTISM BEHIND. THE BEST MENTAL EXERCISE FOR RELINQUISHING EGOTISM IS CONTEMPLATING IMPERMANENCE.
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